55. Antarctophiline alata (Thiele, 1912) [Figs 18CāD]
Philine alata Thiele, 1912: 220, pl. 14 figs 19ā20
Material examined. ⢠1 spm, Stn. 11.
Type locality. Gauss station (Davis Sea), 385 m depth.
Bathymetric distribution. 4ā640 m.
Substrate. Soft bottom.
Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA: Circum-Antarctic. SUBANTARCTICA: -. SCOTIA ARC: South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: -.
Remarks. Although our specimen is badly damaged, the typical features of the species, a wing-shaped mouth opening is clearly visible. We found one specimen in 40 m depth. Antarctophiline alata has already been observed in previous studies in Maxwell Bay in depths between 5 and 20 m.
References. Hain (1990), Rauschert (1991), Engl (2012), Aldea & Troncoso (2008, 2010a), Moles et al. (2019).