Pristigloma minima (Seguenza, 1877)

Fig. 31J‒K

Yoldia minima Seguenza, 1877a: 96 .

Yoldia minima – Seguenza 1877b: 1178, pl. 5 figs 27, 27a–c.

Pristigloma minima (Seguenza, 1877) ‒ Hoffman & Freiwald 2017: 69.

Material examined

GALICIA BANK • 1 sh; 42°40′ N, 11°36′ W; 675‒685 m; 19 Oct. 1987; SEAMOUNT 1 DW111; MNHN • 1 v; 43°00.12′ N, 11°57.67′ W; 1706 m; 29 Jul. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V2; MNCN • 2 v; 42°41.94′ N, 11°40.58′ W; 744 m; 31 Jul. 2011; BANGAL 0711 V4; MNCN .

Remarks

This minute species, originally described from the Pleistocene of Sicily (see Di Geronimo & La Perna 1997), has been reported from the Canaries (Ortega & Gofas 2019) and from several North Atlantic seamounts including GB (Hoffman & Freiwald 2017). Pseudoglomus pompholyx (Dall, 1890) from the Western Atlantic is superficially very similar, but larger (4 mm) and differs in that the ligament is set in a pit dorsally to the hinge line which remains unaffected (see Ockelmann & Warén 1998 for a good figure), whereas the present species has a resilifer interrupting the hinge. The generic placement could only be ascertained with live-taken specimens.