Lensia quadriculata

Pagès, F., Flood, P. & Youngbluth, M., 2006. Gelatinous zooplankton net-collected in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent submarine canyons: new species, new family (Jeanbouilloniidae), taxonomic remarks and some parasites. Scientia Marina, 70(3): 363-379. [p. 368-371; figs. 3, 4A-D, 5A].

Type locality

“[...] in Oceanographer Canyon waters (39°52.7’N, 68°48.0’W) in the 777 to 678 m depth range [...]”.

Toponymic note and update

Oceanographer Canyon is a submarine canyon of the Gulf of Maine (northwestern Atlantic).

Types

Holotype: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 2013-4477-A (loc. tip.; ex Cnidarian collection Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona, CSIC).

Paratypes: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 2013-4477 (loc. tip.; 1 specimen, ex Cnidarian collection Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona, CSIC).

Current name

 

Lensia quadriculata Pagès, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006