Abstract
Twenty species belonging to 16 genera, i.e. Neoancistrocrania, Novocrania, Basiliola, Basiliolella, Ebiscothyris, Stenosarina, Kanakythyris, Xenobrochus, Terebratulina, Eucalathis, Fallax, Frenulina, Septicollarina, Campages, Annuloplatidia, and Thecidellina have been identified in the material collected during the Terrasses and Exbodi cruises in the New Caledonian region, SW Pacific. The species Basiliolella grayi (Woodward, 1855) and Fallax neocaledonensis Laurin, 1997 are the most common in the studied collection, while Eucalathis murrayi (Davidson, 1878) is reported for the first time from the New Caledonian region.
Highlights
The New Caledonia Exclusive Economic Zone, comprising the area from Vanuatu to Chesterfield Islands, is one of the most intensively investigated regions in the IndoWest Pacific Province; more than 40 oceanographic expeditions have been organized by French institutions within the programme Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos
The brachiopod fauna recognized in the Terrasses and Exbodi cruises consists of 20 species belonging to 16 genera in 11 families (Craniidae, Basiliolidae, Terebratulidae, Dyscoliidae, Cancellothyrididae, Chlidonophoridae, Aulacothyropsidae, Frenulinidae, Dallinidae, Platidiidae, Thecidellinidae), four orders (Craniida, Rhynchonellida, Terebratulida, Thecideida), and two subphyla (Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea)
Morpho-species identification of Novocrania is uncertain and previous specimens from the region of New Caledonia have been described as N. reevei Lee & Brunton, 1986
Summary
The New Caledonia Exclusive Economic Zone, comprising the area from Vanuatu to Chesterfield Islands, is one of the most intensively investigated regions in the IndoWest Pacific Province; more than 40 oceanographic expeditions have been organized by French institutions within the programme Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos
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