Pleocola limnoriae (Cantacuzène 1951)
Pleocola limnoriae Cantacuzene, 1951 (Grimaldi de Zio et al. 2003) Terra typica: Celtic Sea (France, Europe)
Atlantic Ocean:
• 22 ° 23 ′N, 73 ° 30 ′W [22 ° 36 ′N, 73 ° 30 ′W]; 0–3 bsl/ 0.1 m bsl: [FAO 31] Commonwealth of the Bahamas, between Crooked and Mayaguna Islands, East Plana Cay, S coast beach, mid-tidal level, coralline sand. Pollock (1975 b)
Celtic Sea:
• 48 ° 44 ′N, 03° 59 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] France, Brittany Region, Roscoff, from pleotelson and pleopods of the isopod Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799). Cantacuzène (1951)
• 48 °01′N, 05° 44 ′W; 130 m bsl: [FAO 27] France, Brittany Region, continental shelf, near Brest, coarse sand and shelly detritus with limestone and finer siliceous sand. Renaud-Mornant (1970 c, 1971)
• 47 ° 56 ′N, 05° 52.5 ′W / 47 ° 56 ′N, 05° 53 ′W; 130 m bsl: [FAO 27] Type Locality: France, Brittany Region, continental shelf, near Brest, shelly (lamellibranchs) detritus with limestone and finer siliceous sand. Renaud- Mornant (1970 c)
Indian Ocean:
• 23 ° 23 ′S, 43 ° 38 ′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO 51] Republic of Madagascar, Toliara Province, Toliara, Mozambique Channel, great reef, station 2 F, coralline sand. Renaud-Mornant (1979 a)
Ionian Sea:
• 39 ° 52 ′00′′N, 16 ° 42 ′ 30 ′′E; 20–80 m bsl: [FAO 37] Italy, Cosenza Province, High Ionian Sea offshore, Calabrian Coast, Amendolara Shoal, coralligenous sand, coralligenous sand mixed with debris, coarse medium or fine coralligenous sand (few samples). D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (1987), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 1, Celtic Sea: 3, Indian Ocean: 1, Ionian Sea: 1; total: 6.
Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 27: 3, FAO 31: 1, FAO 37: 1, FAO 51: 1; total: 6.
Remarks: This is a rare species with a disjunct distribution known only from a few intertidal and deep subtidal localities. It has been recorded mainly from coral sand, however the distribution needs further study.