Clavarctus falculus Renaud-Mornant, 1983

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 49

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scientific name	Clavarctus falculus Renaud-Mornant, 1983
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45. Clavarctus falculus Renaud-Mornant, 1983 View in CoL

Clavarctus falculus n. g., n. sp. (Renaud-Mornant 1983)

Terra typica: Indian Ocean ( Mayotte Islands, Africa)

Indian Ocean:

• 12°53′5′′S, 44°16′3′′E; 275–400 m bsl: [FAO51] Type Locality: Mayotte Islands, Mayotte Region, Mozambique Channel, muddy sand. Renaud-Mornant (1983)

• 12°53′7′′S, 44°16′1′′E; 500 m bsl: [FAO51] Mayotte Islands, Mayotte Region, Mozambique Channel, muddy sand. Renaud-Mornant (1983)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Indian Ocean: 2; total: 2.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO51: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This is a monotypic deep sea/abyssal genus known only from two neighbouring localities in the Mozambique Channel.