Metaverruca recta ( Aurivillius, 1898 )

Young, Paulo S., 2001, Deep-sea Cirripedia Thoracica (Crustacea) from the northeastern Atlantic collected by French expeditions, Zoosystema 23 (4), pp. 705-756 : 745

Metaverruca recta ( Aurivillius, 1898)

Verruca recta Aurivillius, 1898: 195 .

Metaverruca recta – Young 1998a: 35, figs 23-25 (with synonymy); 1998b: 52; 1999: 620, fig. 7a.

MATERIALEXAMINED. — SEAMOUNT 2, stn DW 202, 31°16.50’N, 28°43.15’W, 640 m to 31°16.70’N, 28°43.08’W, 655 m, 1 specimen, rc 6.6 mm (MNHN Ci 2891). — Stn DW 219, 32°00.99’N, 27°53.35’W, 760 m to 32°00.97’N, 27°53.72’W, 760 m, 1 specimen, rc 6.1 mm (MNHN Ci 2892). — Stn DW 226, 32°06.75’N, 28°08.81’W, 580 m to 32°06.88’N, 28°08.67’W, 1 specimen, rc 4.8 mm (MNHN Ci 2893). — Stn DW 237, 32°15.86’N, 27°31.85’W, 670 m to 32°16.17’N, 27°31.61’W, 715 m, 1 specimen and 10 empty shells, rc 11.4 to 15.2 mm (MNHN Ci 2894). — Stn DW 238, 32°17.35’N, 27°32.32’W, 890 m to 32°17.51’N, 27°32.08’W, 900 m, 1 specimen, rc 5.5 mm (MNHN Ci 2895). — Stn DW 246, 33°13.94’N, 29°36.07’W, 520 m to 33°13.92’N, 29°35.72’W, 550 m, 4 specimens, rc 5.5 to 8.4 mm (MNHN Ci 2896, MNRJ 13929). — Stn DW 247, 33°13.69’N, 9°35.26’W, 580 m to 33°13.69’N, 29°35.54’W, 625 m, 2 empty shells, rc 10.6 to 13.0 mm (MNHN Ci 2897). — Stn DW 255, 34°04.92’N, 30°15.27’W, 340 m to 34°05.08’N, 30°15.39’W, 355 m, 1 empty shell, rc 8.0 mm (MNHN Ci 2898). — Stn DW 262, 34°23.36’N, 30°29.06’W, 1160 m to 34°23.58’N, 30°29.35’W, 1000 m, 1 specimen, rc 7.4 mm (MNHN Ci 2899). — Stn DW 263, 34°25.89’N, 30°32.49’W, 610 m to 34°26.14’N, 30°32.78’W, 655 m, 6 specimens and 2 empty shells, rc 4.3 to 8.5 mm (MNHN Ci 2900, MNRJ 13930). — Stn DW 265, 34°28.65’N, 30°35.73’W, 545 m to 34°28.85’N, 30°35.94’W, 540 m, 8 specimens and 3 empty shells, rc 5.6 to 8.4 mm (MNHN Ci 2901, MNRJ 13931). — Stn DW 277, 33°59.92’N, 28°20.56’W, 1000 m to 33°59.64’N, 28°20.81’W, 945 m, 1 specimen, rc 6.1 mm (MNRJ 13932). — Stn DW 278, 33°57.77’N, 28°22.40’W, 890 m to 33°57.47’N, 28°22.48’W, 925 m, 3 specimens and 1 empty shell, rc 5.0 to 8.1 mm (MNHN Ci 2902, MNRJ 13933). PROSPEC, stn CPH 8, 55°17.83’N, 10°09.84’W, 1170 m to 55°18.58’N, 10°09.43’W, 1184 m, 1 specimen, rc 11.7 mm (MNHN Ci 2903).

REMARKS

Metaverruca recta was collected from ahermatypic corals and sponges. This species is possibly the most commonly dredged deep-sea verrucid. It has a circumtropical and temperate distribution but is unknown from the western coast of the Americas.