A new species ofPlatidia(Brachiopoda) from the La Chapelle Bank region

Abstract

A new species ofPlatidia(Brachiopoda, Platidiidae) was dredged by R.V. ‘Sarsia’ in November 1956 in the La Chapelle Bank region, attached to the dead part of the coralAnisopsammia rostrata(Pourtales). Eight entire specimens and two smashed were dredged at position 47° 30′ N., 7° 20′ W. at a depth of 870 to 970 fathoms, and one at position 47° 38′ N., 7° 28′ W. at 710 to 750 fathoms. All, except the two smallest, were a reddish brown, the coloration being due to a deposit of manganese oxide: the natural colour is a yellowish white. The dead coral was almost black with the same deposit (see Southward, 1958, p. 644).