A. VERHECKEN. The Cancellariidae of the PANGLAO Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the PANGLAO 2005 and AURORA 2007 deep sea cruises in the Philippines, with description of six new species (Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea)
Abstract
The cancellariid material collected in the Philippines by the PANGLAO 2004, PANGLAO 2005 and AURORA 2007 campaigns has been studied.
A total of 33 species, belonging to 12 genera, were recognised. Six of these species are here described as new to science: Microsveltia humaboni; M. machaira; M. tupasi; Zeadmete apoensis; Z. sikatunai; Plesiotriton silinoensis.
Lectotypes are designated for: Admete suteri Marshall & Murdoch, 1920; Sydaphera renovata Iredale, 1929; Cancellaria pergradata Verco, 1904; C. profundior Cotton & God-frey, 1932; Nipponaphera teramachii Habe, 1961. A shell from the Arafura Sea that was tentatively identified as Microsveltia cf. sagamiensis in an earlier paper, is named Microsveltia laratensis n. sp.
New taxa
Microsveltia humaboni Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Philippines, Bohol / Sulu Sea Sill, off Aliguay Island, PANGLAO 2005 Stn CP 2384, 8°46’N, 123°16’E, 624-647 m, sandy bottom
Microsveltia laratensis Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Indonesia, Tanimbar Isls., Arafura Sea, KARUBAR Stn DW44, 07°52’S, 132°48’E, 291-295 m
Microsveltia machaira Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Philippines, Bohol, Sulu Sea Sill, off Aliguay Island, PANGLAO 2005 Stn CP 2384, 8°46’N, 123°16’E, 624-647 m, sandy bottom
Microsveltia tupasi Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Philippines, Bohol / Sulu Sea Sill, PANGLAO 2005 Stn DW 2364, 9°00.7’N, 123°25.5’E, 427 m, sandy/muddy bottom
Zeadmete apoensis Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Philippines, Bohol / Sulu Sea Sill, PANGLAO 2005 DW 2364, 9°00.7’N, 123°25.5’E, 427 m, sandy/muddy bottom
Zeadmete sikatunai Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Philippines, Bohol, Sulu Sea Sill, off Aliguay Island, PANGLAO 2005 Stn CP 2362, 8°56’N, 123°33’E, 679-740 m
Plesiotriton silinoensis Verhecken, 2011
Type locality: Philippines, Bohol / Sulu Sea Sill, PANGLAO 2005 Stn CP 2359, 8°49.9’N, 123°34.9’E, 437-476 m
