Veleropilina veleronis ( Menzies & Layton, 1962 )
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Veleropilina veleronis ( Menzies & Layton, 1962 ) |
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Veleropilina veleronis ( Menzies & Layton, 1962)
Neopilina (Vema) sp. Menzies & Robinson 1961: 338, fig. 1.
Neopilina (Neopilina) veleronis Menzies & Layton 1962: 402 , pl. 7, figs A–F, pl. 8, fig. G, pls 9, 10.
The 14 specimens known from the original description are all from the type locality: Mexico, Baja California, off Cedros Island, slope of the Cedros Trench, 30 miles off Natividad Island light (27°52'25'' 27°51'30''N, 115°44'30'' 115°45'15''W) and were collected at a depth between 2730–2769 m.
Apart from the shallow water species Micropilina arntzi Warén & Hain, 1992 (17), and the abyssal species Ve ma e wi ng i ( Clarke & Menzies, 1959) (11) and Neopilina galatheae Lemche, 1957 (10), this species was most numerous at a single station (14).
Genus Ve ma Clarke & Menzies, 1959
Type species: Neopilina (Vema) ewingi Clarke & Menzies, 1959 , by original designation.
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Veleropilina veleronis ( Menzies & Layton, 1962 )
Schwabe, Enrico 2008 |
Neopilina (Neopilina) veleronis
Menzies 1962: 402 |
Neopilina (Vema)
Menzies 1961: 338 |