Phaneropora galatheae Zezina, 1981

Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, 2009, Recent Brachiopoda from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 2235, pp. 1-39 : 16

Phaneropora galatheae Zezina, 1981 a

( Fig. 9A )

This rare micromorphic species was found only in a single sample from Crypthelia seamount at 200–291 m ( Tables 1, 2; Fig. 14 ). It was earlier noted from the Norfolk Ridge (see Bitner 2008: fig. 15) and New Caledonia ( Laurin 1997) and occurs in the South-West Pacific from New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica ( Zezina 1981a; Foster 1989; Dawson 1991). Zezina (1987) reported the species from the Indian Ocean.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Depth ranges of particular brachiopod species collected during the Norfolk 1 and Norfolk 2 cruises to the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia.

FIGURE 9. A, Phaneropora galatheae Zezina, 1981 a, dorsal view of complete specimen, Norfolk Ridge, Norfolk 1 Stn DW 1724, 200 – 291 m, MNHN BRA- 3158. B – H, Platidia anomioides (Scacchi & Philippi, 1844), Norfolk Ridge, Norfolk 2 Stn DW 2073, 609 m; B – E, dorsal valve, inner, enlargement (C) and lateral (D, E) views to show details of brachial skeleton, MNHN BRA- 3159; F-H, ventral and dorsal views of complete specimen, and enlargement (H) of the ventral shell surface to show nodes, MNHN BRA- 3160. All SEM.