PRIMNOEIDES SERTULAROIDES

PRIMNOEIDES SERTULAROIDES

WRIGHT & STUDER, 1889

( FIG. 14)

Material examined: NHMUK 2016.42 About NHMUK ( JC066-3149 ) , NHMUK 2016.43 About NHMUK ( JC066-3165 ) , NHMUK 2016.44 About NHMUK ( JC066-3174 ) , NHMUK 2016.45 About NHMUK ( JC066-3181 ) , RRS James Cook, sta. 5, ev.14, Melville Bank, 38 ° 27′47.014′S, 46 ° 45′28.880′E, 572 m, 24 November 2011; NHMUK 2016.46 About NHMUK ( JC066-3202 ) , RRS James Cook, sta. 5, ev. 14, Melville Bank, 38 ° 27′35.8′S, 46 ° 45′16.03′E, 693 m, 24 November 2011.

Additional description details: In vivo species is light yellow in colour ( Fig. 14b). Two layers of coenenchymal scales: outer layer of coenenchyme is similar to the original description, that is small rounded sclerites with a smooth outer surface and granular patch on the inner surface; the inner layer are small spheroid tuberculate sclerites, as seen in Primnoeides flagellum sp. nov. ( Fig. 16g, i).

Known distribution: Prince Edward Island , sub-Antarctic, to Melville Bank in the SW Indian Ocean, 400–693 m.

Remarks: NHMUK 2016.43 (JC066-3165) had two different species of associated arcturid (an isopod). One is shown in Fig. 14a.