Pleocola limnoriae Cantacuzène, 1951

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98. Pleocola limnoriae Cantacuzène, 1951

Pleocola limnoriae ( Cantacuzène 1951)

Pleocola limnoriae Cantacuzene, 1951 (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 2003) Terra typica: Celtic Sea ( France, Europe)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 22°23′N, 73°30′W [22°36′N, 73°30′W]; 0–3 bsl/ 0.1 m bsl: [FAO31] Commonwealth of the Bahamas, between Crooked and Mayaguna Islands, East Plana Cay, S coast beach, mid-tidal level, coralline sand. Pollock (1975b)

Celtic Sea:

• 48°44′N, 03°59′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Brittany Region, Roscoff, from pleotelson and pleopods of the isopod Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799) . Cantacuzène (1951)

• 48°01′N, 05°44′W; 130 m bsl: [FAO27] France, Brittany Region, continental shelf, near Brest, coarse sand and shelly detritus with limestone and finer siliceous sand. Renaud-Mornant (1970c, 1971)

• 47°56′N, 05°52.5′W / 47°56′N, 05°53′W; 130 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: France, Brittany Region, continental shelf, near Brest, shelly (lamellibranchs) detritus with limestone and finer siliceous sand. Renaud- Mornant (1970c)

Indian Ocean:

• 23°23′S, 43°38′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Republic of Madagascar, Toliara Province, Toliara, Mozambique Channel, great reef, station 2F, coralline sand. Renaud-Mornant (1979a)

Ionian Sea:

• 39°52′00′′N, 16°42′30′′E; 20–80 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Cosenza Province, High Ionian Sea offshore, Calabrian Coast, Amendolara Shoal, coralligenous sand, coralligenous sand mixed with debris, coarse medium or fine coralligenous sand (few samples). D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (1987), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 1, Celtic Sea: 3, Indian Ocean: 1, Ionian Sea: 1; total: 6.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 3, FAO31: 1, FAO37: 1, FAO51: 1; total: 6.

Remarks: This is a rare species with a disjunct distribution known only from a few intertidal and deep subtidal localities. It has been recorded mainly from coral sand, however the distribution needs further study.