Two New Species of the Genus Thalassocrinus(Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Hyocrinidae) from the Pacific Ocean.

Accession number;02A0924367
Title;Two New Species of the Genus Thalassocrinus(Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Hyocrinidae) from the Pacific Ocean.
Author; ROUX M (Univ. Reims Champagne-ardenne, Reims, Fra)
Journal Title;Species Divers
Journal Code:L2964A
ISSN:1342-1670
VOL.7;NO.2;PAGE.173-186(2002)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, REF.11
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Two new species of hyocrinid stalked crinoids from deep waters of the Pacific Ocean are described. Thalassocrinus alvinae n. sp. was collected on the Gorda Ridge and represents the first record of the genus from the Eastern Pacific. Thalassocrinus mironovi n. sp. was found on the bathyal slope off New Caledonia(southwestern Pacific). A short revision of the genus Thalassocrinus is given and affinities between the four known species are discussed. (author abst.)