Colossendeis clavata Meinert, 1899

Colossendeis clavata Meinert, 1899 View in CoL

Colossendeis clavata Meinert, 1899: 57–58 View in CoL , L. 5, figs. 19–20; Bouvier, 1937: 26, fig. 1; Hedgpeth, 1948: 273–274, fig. 50e;

Bamber, 2010: 46–47, fig. 86; Munilla & Soler-Membrives, 2014: 212–214, fig. 117.

Type locality— The Ingolf, Stn. 64, 62º06'00"N 19º09'00"W, 1903.78 m

Material examined. Maroc-0411: MO68, 1♂. Maroc-0611: MO217, 1♂; MO242, 1♂; MO260, 1♂. BISSAU-0810: BS166, 4♂, 2 indet.

Remarks. Our material agrees with the description and figures of the holotype given by Meinert (1899).

Habitat. This species is characteristic from cold and deep waters and has been reported in clay bottoms ( Stock 1990) between 994 to 3100 m. Our material was collected from 908 to 1822 m deep.

Geographical distribution. Species with amphi-Atlantic distribution. In the West Atlantic has been reported from New Jersey ( Hedgpeth 1948) and Anguilla ( Meinert 1899), and from Ireland ( Bamber & Thurston 1995), English Channel ( Stock 1984), Bay of Biscay (Stock 1978), Finisterre ( Spain) ( Bouvier 1917; Bamber & Thurston 1995), Morocco ( Bouvier 1937), Azores and Canary Islands ( Stock 1990) in the East Atlantic. Our specimens were collected in Morocco and Guinea-Bissau, which extends its geographical range to the south.