Oxynaspis patens Aurivillius, 1894

Oxynaspis patens Aurivillius, 1894: 38, pl. 3, figs 1-2, pl. 6, figs 13-15; pl. 8, fig. 9. — Totton 1940: 476, fig. 16. — Zevina 1982: 36, fig. 26. — Young 1998a: 3, figs 1-3; 1998b: 33.

MATERIALEXAMINED. — SEAMOUNT 2, stn DW 172, 30°05.11’N, 28°41.50’W, 455 m to 30°04.77’N, 28°41.54’W, 455 m, 34 specimens, tl (cl) up to 8.8 (5.4) mm (MNHN Ci 2827, MNRJ 13887).

REMARKS

Oxynaspis patens was originally described from the Anguilla Islands in the Caribbean (Aurivillius 1894: 38) and was subsequently recorded from the Great Meteor Bank (Young 1998a: 3). These new specimens were also collected at the Great Meteor Seamount, near the same latitude previously recorded by Young (1998a: 3). The occurrence of this sample increases the depth range of O. patens from 125-355 m to 455 m.