Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . ks) . 0,31-0,38 Remarks Z. brownei is closely related to Z. biarmata Billard, 1905, and is in factincluded with it by Broch (1918). It is, however, retained as a separate speciesby Leloup (1940) on the basis of the sparser distribution of nematothecae. Thisis the first record of Z. brownei from the southern hemisphere and the firstdescription of gonothecae; the latter are similar in general shape to those ofZ. biarmata (as described by Saemundsson (1912) under the name of Lictorellalevinseni) but are proportionally lo
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . ks) . 0,31-0,38 Remarks Z. brownei is closely related to Z. biarmata Billard, 1905, and is in factincluded with it by Broch (1918). It is, however, retained as a separate speciesby Leloup (1940) on the basis of the sparser distribution of nematothecae. Thisis the first record of Z. brownei from the southern hemisphere and the firstdescription of gonothecae; the latter are similar in general shape to those ofZ. biarmata (as described by Saemundsson (1912) under the name of Lictorellalevinseni) but are proportionally longer and more slender, and are without thenumerous nematothecae described by Broch (1918). Both these species have a north Atlantic distribution. Records of Z. biarmatafrom other parts of the world (Jaderholm 1919, from Japan; Jarvis 1922, fromeast Africa) were all sterile and thus still need confirmation. 116 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Distribution Eastern North Atlantic from France to Morocco, 20-752 m. Type localityBay of Biscay. A new record from South
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