1988/08/01 by B. A. Marshall · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Engineering · #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Ecology and Invasive Species #Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
paper · doi:10.1080/00222938800770631
openalex publication_date 1988/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Skeneids, orbitestellids and a vitrinellid are recorded for the first time as characteristic components of the fauna of submerged wood. Dillwynella haptricola sp. nov. lives on decaying algal holdfasts at bathyal depths. The following new taxa are described from New Zealand: Skeneidae—Dillwynella lignicola, D. haptricola, D. ingens, Leptogyra constricta, L. patula, Leptogyropsis (gen. nov.) kalinovoae, L. kaltanae, Xyloskenea (gen. nov.) costulifera, X. consors, X. depressa, Bathyxylophila (gen. nov.) excelsa, B. pusilla, B. iota, Hyalogyra (gen. nov.) expansa, Hyalogyrina (gen. nov.) glabra; Orbitestellidae—Xylodiscula (gen. nov.) eximia, X. librata. New taxa from New South Wales are the skeneids Xyleptogyra (gen. nov.) kapalae, Xyloskenea grahami, Bathyxylophila peroniana, B. iota, the vitrinellid Ponderinella (gen. nov.) lignicola, and the orbitestellid Xylodiscula vitrea. Lectotypes are designated for the Atlantic North American species Dillwynella modesta Dall, 1889 and Leptogyra verrilli Bush, 1897.