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A NEW SPECIES AND GENUS OF KRAUSSINIDAE (BRACHIOPODA) WITH A NOTE ON FEEDING
Author(s) -
Atkins D.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00702.x
Subject(s) - biology , sponge spicule , genus , zoology , affinities , hermaphrodite , anatomy , biochemistry
SUMMARY A new species and genus, Pumilus antiquatus , of kraussinid brachiopod from shallow water, Lyttelton, New Zealand, is described and figured. It is characterized by the possession of a schizolophous lophophore in the adult, supported by both divergent lamellae and spicules: the shell is smooth, less than 5 mm. long and strongly sulcate. The gonad is hermaphrodite. Notes are given on the ciliary feeding mechanism. The affinities of P. antiquatus are briefly discussed: it is placed in the Kraussinidae.