New data on the recent brachiopods from the Fiji and Wallis and Futuna islands, South-West Pacifi c Maria Aleksandra BITNER Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa (Poland)
[email protected] Bitner M. A. 2008. — New data on the recent brachiopods from the Fiji and Wallis and Futuna islands, South-West Pacifi c. Zoosystema 30 (2) : 419-461. ABSTRACT Eight genera of recent brachiopods, i.e. Pelagodiscus, Novocrania, Cryptopora, Xenobrochus, Eucalathis, Campages, Megerlia and Th ecidellina have been identifi ed in the material from the Wallis and Futuna Islands, collected during the French cruise MUSORSTOM 7 in 1992. Nineteen genera of recent brachiopods, i.e. Lingula, Novocrania, Cryptopora, Basiliola, Abyssothyris, Xenobrochus, Dallithyris, Terebratulina, Eucalathis, Fallax, Septicollarina, Frenulina, Argyrotheca, Amphithyris, Leptothyrella, Dallina, Nipponithyris, Campages and Th ecidellina have been recognized in the material collected from the Fiji Islands during the two French cruises MUSORSTOM 10 and BORDAU 1 in 1998 and 1999. Two genera, Pelagodiscus and Megerlia, found in the Wallis and Futuna region have not been recognized in the material from Fiji. In turn, 13 genera reported from Fiji have not been found in the material from the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Four species are described as new: Xenobrochus rotundus n. sp., Leptothyrella fi jiensis n. sp., Nipponithyris lauensis n. sp. and Campages ovalis n. sp. Xenobrochus roduntus n. sp. diff ers from congeneric species in rounded outline and small foramen. It is characterized by the rudimentary to absent outer hinge plates and rounded, KEY WORDS anteriorly convex transverse band with a slight median fold.