Range: 35°N to 16°S; 92°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 150 m (live 150 to 150 m) Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Synonymy
Atlanta inclinata Gray, 1850 Atlanta gibbosa Souleyet, 1852 Atlanta inclinata Souleyet, 1852 Atlanta affinis Tesch, 1906 Atlanta macrocarinata Bonnevie, 1920 Atlanta megalope Richter, 1961
Details
Atlanta inclinataGray, 1850b, p. 101, pl. 241, fig. 1 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Not stated Range: 35°N to 16°S; 92°W to 0°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Oceanic; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena References: E. A. Smith (1890b) S; Odé (1973) W; Princz (1982a); Ortiz-Corps (1985)
Atlanta affinisTesch, 1906, p. 53, pl. 7, figs. 9-10 [Synonym] Type Locality: Siboga sta. 225, Süd-Lucipara-Inseln [by lectotype designation of van der Spoel (1976: 208)] Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm References: Tesch (1906) M; van der Spoel (1976: 147, 148) sT Comments: Non Vayssiere, 1904.
Atlanta gibbosaSouleyet, 1852b, p. 386-387, [Souleyet 1849, pl. 21, figs. 1-8] [Synonym] Attributed to: Eydoux & Souleyet (1852) Type Locality: 'l'océan Atlantique' References: Richter (1972) Comments: van der Spoel (1976: 148) treated Atlanta gibbosa as a valid Indo-Pacific species, ignoring the Atlantic type locality. He did not locate type specimens (p. 208).
Atlanta inclinataSouleyet, 1852b, p. 375-376, [Souleyet 1849, pl. 19, figs. 9-15] [Objective synonym of valid name] Attributed to: Eydoux & Souleyet (1852) Type Locality: 'les océans Pacifique and Atlantique'
Atlanta macrocarinataBonnevie, 1920, p. 5, pl. 1, figs. 10a-b, 11-13 [Synonym] Type Locality: Sta. 64, 34°44'N, 47°52'W, 150 m Range: 34.73°N ; 47.87°W Depth: 150 m (live 150 m) Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm Distribution: Oceanic References: Bonnevie (1920) DdLlNSEWM; van der Spoel (1976) s
Atlanta megalope Richter, 1961, [Synonym] References: Richter (1972) s
Partial List of References
Bonnevie, K. 1920. Heteropoda collected during the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 1910 3(2) 1-16, pls. 1-5. [True date: 28 Feb 1920.] Gray, J. E. 1850. Figures of the molluscous animals. Explanations of the plates Figures of the Molluscous Animals 4 1-124. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1850; true date: post 12 Feb.] Souleyet. 1852. Voyage autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite Voyage Autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite, Zoologie 2 664 pp., [See Souleyet 1849]. Paris. Tesch, J. J. 1906. Die Heteropoden der Siboga-Expedition Siboga-Expeditie 27(51) [i-v], 1-112, pls. 1-14. [Stated date: -- Aug 1906.]
