Bitner, M. A.; Molodtsova, T. N. (2017). Redescription of Nanacalathis atlantica Zezina, 1991 (Brachiopoda: Chlidonophoridae) from the North Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity. 48(2): 995-999.
Redescription of Nanacalathis atlantica Zezina, 1991 (Brachiopoda: Chlidonophoridae) from the North Atlantic
Marine Biodiversity
48(2): 995-999
Publication
The chlidonophorid brachiopod species Nanacalathis atlantica Zezina, 1991 has been identified in material from the north tropical Mid-Atlantic Ridge, between 16°56’ – 16°51’N at the depth range 3227–3474 m, collected during the 37th cruise of the RV Professor Logachev in February-March 2015. This rich new material allows us to redescribe and properly illustrate this poorly known, deep-water species that was established on the basis of one empty shell. The spiculation within the lophophore and tentacles is heavy with the pattern characteristic for the subfamily Eucalathinae.
