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Family NOTOMENIIDAE


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A.H. Scheltema, Woodshole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Introduction

The Notomeniidae is a monogeneric family of Neomeniomorpha known from only two specimens belonging to the Australian species Notomenia clavigera Thiele, one from the type locality in Torres Strait, the other from Bass Strait. The species is an altogether unusual aplacophoran in uniquely having noncalcareous, haematoxylin-staining spicules (Thiele 1902; Scheltema 1998). The species is small, 4 mm or less in length, and brown. The spicules are small and of two types: club-shaped, or ovoid and rimmed.

The affinities of this neomenioid aplacophoran are not known; the genus has not been found outside Australian waters.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)