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A new species of Platidia (Brachiopoda) from the La Chapelle Bank region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. Atkins
D. Atkins
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A new species of Platidia (Brachiopoda, Platidiidae) was dredged by R.V. ‘Sarsia’ in November 1956 in the La Chapelle Bank region, attached to the dead part of the coral Anisopsammia rostrata (Pourtales). Eight entire specimens and two smashed were dredged at position 47° 30′ N., 7° 20′ W. at a depth of 870 to 970 fathoms, and one at position 47° 38′ N., 7° 28′ W. at 710 to 750 fathoms. All, except the two smallest, were a reddish brown, the coloration being due to a deposit of manganese oxide: the natural colour is a yellowish white. The dead coral was almost black with the same deposit (see Southward, 1958, p. 644).

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , February 1959 , pp. 133 - 142
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1959

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