Sphagemacrurus hirundo ( Collett, 1896 )
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2014-384-007 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617476 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/103B87C6-FFDF-F53C-FF39-12C9FD9409D0 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Sphagemacrurus hirundo ( Collett, 1896 ) |
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Sphagemacrurus hirundo ( Collett, 1896) View in CoL
Material examined. - MMF 42815, partially damaged, 180 mm PDL, 160 mm HL, 15°08’N 23°47’W, Ribeira da Barca , Santiago Island, 268‑292, cruise Camarão‑1, sta. 8‑D2, rocky bottom, 27 Nov 2011, BT GoogleMaps .
Remarks. - A benthopelagic deep-water species found between 873 m and 2330 m depth ( Merrett and Domanski, 1985; Geistdoerfer, 1990). An eastern Atlantic species mostly known from insular areas and adjacent seamounts: the Azores ( Collett, 1896, holotype), Madeira ( Geistdoerfer, 1986), the Canaries ( Merrett and Domanski, 1985) and the Cape Verde Islands (Maio Island) ( Roule, 1919). Also present in the Bay of Cadiz ( Nybelin, 1948). This is the southernmost record for the species.
MMF |
Museu Municipal do Funchal |
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