New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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New Zealand xenophyophores: upper bathyal distribution, photographs of growth position, and a new species

O. S. Tendal

Zoological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

K. B. Lewis

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, DSIR, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Xenophyophores are a group of giant, but extremely fragile, rhizopod protozoans generally found at lower bathyal or abyssal depths. Recent dredge samples and photographs suggest that there is a largely endemic fauna of xenophyophores with anastomosing branches living at upper bathyal depths around New Zealand. Their distribution may be related to the layer of Antarctic Intermediate water that bathes the upper slope of the New Zealand Plateau. A new species, Reticulammina maini, is described from the continental slope east of Auckland. A key to the New Zealand species of xenophyophore is presented.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12 (2): 197-203. June 1978
Received 19 August 1977; revision received 16 December 1977.

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