Published December 31, 2001 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Smilium acutum

  • 1. Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940 - 040 Rio de Janeiro RJ (Brazil) psyoung @ acd. ufrj. br.

Description

Smilium acutum (Hoek, 1883)

Scalpellum acutum Hoek, 1883: 80, pl. 3, fig. 19; pl. 8, fig. 12.

Smilium acutum – Newman & Ross 1971: 38, pl. 5F (with synonymy). — Zevina 1981: 82, fig. 54 (with synonymy).

MATERIALEXAMINED. — SEAMOUNT 2, stn DW 180, 30°04.09’N, 28°45.09’W, 1575 m to 30°03.90’N, 28°44.74’W, 1610 m, 9 specimens, tl (cl) 1.8 (1.4) to 10.4 (7.4) mm (MNHN Ci 2850, MNRJ 13899). — Stn DW 222, 32°20.81’N, 28°15.66’W, 1150 m to 32°21.02’N, 28°15.72’W, 1150 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 1.5 (1.1) mm (MNHN Ci 2851). — Stn DW 249, 33°12.41’N, 29°14.83’W, 1700 m to 33°12.36’N, 29°15.19’W, 1800 m, 3 specimens, tl (cl) 6.9 (5.1) to 10.9 (7.4) mm (MNHN Ci 2852, MNRJ 13900). — Stn DW 261, 34°22.37’N, 30°27.79’W, 1340 m to 34°22.52’N, 30°27.99’W, 1190 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 10.9 (8.0) mm (MNHN Ci 2853). — Stn DW 276, 34°02.06’N, 28°18.96’W, 1520 m to 34°01.85’N, 28°19.15’W, 1460 m, 2 specimens, tl (cl) 13.5 (9.2) to 13.6 (9.7) mm (MNHN Ci 2854, MNRJ 13901). — Stn DW 278, 33°57.77’N, 28°22.40’W, 890 m to 33°57.47’N, 28°22.48’W, 925 m, 1 specimen, tl (cl) 11.7 (8.3) mm (MNHN Ci 2855).

40°

20°

0° 40° 20° 0° 20°

REMARKS

Smilium acutum purportedly has a worldwide distribution occurring between 61 and 2480 m. It is commonly collected in the northeastern Atlantic (Hoek 1883; Calman 1918a; Gruvel 1920; Foster & Buckeridge 1995; Young 1998b).

Notes

Published as part of Young, Paulo S., 2001, Deep-sea Cirripedia Thoracica (Crustacea) from the northeastern Atlantic collected by French expeditions, pp. 705-756 in Zoosystema 23 (4) on page 727, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689055

Files

Files (1.9 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:303f55858bee02d43937ec40a9217dc1
1.9 kB Download

System files (17.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:db49cadcf6d1b445744b7e735506a554
17.6 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scalpellidae
Genus
Smilium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pedunculata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hoek
Species
acutum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Smilium acutum (Hoek, 1883) sec. Young, 2001

References

  • HOEK P. P. C. 1883. - Report on the Cirripedia collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, Zoology, part 25 8: 1 - 169, 13 pls.
  • NEWMAN W. A. & ROSS A. 1971. - Antarctic Cirripedia. Antarctic Research Series, Baltimore 14: 1 - 257.
  • ZEVINA G. B. 1981. - Barnacles of the suborder Lepadomorpha of the world ocean. I: Family Scalpellidae. Fauna SSSR, Leningrad 127: 1 - 406 (in Russian).
  • CALMAN W. T. 1918 a. - The type specimens of Poecilasma carinatum, Hoek (Cirripedia). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9, 1: 401 - 408.
  • GRUVEL A. 1920. - Cirrhipedes provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S. A. S. le Prince de Monaco. Resultats des Campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, Prince Souverain de Monaco 53: 1 - 89, pls 1 - 7.
  • FOSTER B. A. & BUCKERIDGE J. S. 1995. - Barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of seas off the Straits of Gibraltar. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle ser. 4, 17: 163 - 191.
  • YOUNG P. S. 1998 b. - Cirripedia (Crustacea) from the " Campagne Biacores " in the Azores region, including a generic revision of Verrucidae. Zoosystema 20 (1): 31 - 92.