Leucicorus atlanticus Nielsen 1975

• Main Authors: Schwarzhans, Werner W., Nielsen, Jørgen G., Mundy, Bruce C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Ophidiiformes; Ophidiidae; Leucicorus; Leucicorus atlanticus; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6314895; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6314895

Leucicorus atlanticus Nielsen, 1975 Table 1, Figs. 1A, 2C, 3A–D, 5 Leucicorus atlanticus Nielsen, 1975: 113, fig. 1. Leucicorus atlanticus: Hureau & Nielsen 1981: 16; Nielsen & Møller 2008: 29. Material examined (22 specimens, SL 48–240 mm). Holotype: ZMUC P 771813, 154 mm SL, male, Cayman Trench, 19°00’N, 80°38’W, R / V Akademik Kurchatov, cr. 14, st. 1243, Sigsbee trawl, 6400–6800 m, 16. Mar. 1973. Paratypes (17 specimens): UF 230276 (former UMML 30276), 205 mm SL, female, Puerto Rico Trench, 22°02’N, 65°10’W, R / V Pillsbury, st. 1374, 41’ otter trawl, 5541–5563 m, 2 July 1971. IORAS 02295, 110–151 mm SL and ZMUC P 77575, 154 mm SL, female, Cayman Trench, 18°59’N, 80°30’W, R / V Akademik Kurchatov, cr. 14, st. 1242-A, Sigsbee trawl, 6800 m, 20 Mar. 1973. IORAS 7 specimens not catalogued (specimens missing), 48–139 mm SL and ZMUC P 77585, 125 mm SL, Cayman Trench, 19°05’N, 80°29’N, R / V Akademik Kurchatov, st. cr. 14, 1259, Sigsbee trawl, 6800– 6500 m, 22 Mar. 1973. IORAS 02296, 2 specimens, 79–152 mm SL and ZMUC P77586, 78 mm SL, Cayman Trench, 19°44’N, 76°12’W, R / V Akademik Kurchatov, cr. 14, st. 1266, Sigsbee trawl, 5900–6300 m, 24 Mar. 1973. IORAS 02297,120 + mm SL, Cayman Trench, 19°38’N, 76°40’W, R / V Akademik Kurchatov, cr. 14, st. 1267 Sigsbee trawl, 6740–6760 m, 25 Mar. 1973. IORAS not catalogued (specimen missing), 135 mm SL, Yucatan Trench, 20°08’N, 84°30’W, R / V Akademik Kurchatov, cr. 14, st. 1272, Sigsby trawl, 4580 m, 28 Mar. 1973. Additional material: MNHN 1979–689, 224 mm SL, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 10°46.23’N, 42°40.41’W, Campagne Biovema, st. B, benthic trawl, 5100 m, 19 Nov. 1977. VIMS 6857, 183 mm SL, female, Silver Abyssal Plain, 23°20–22.5’N, 68°23–29.4’W, R / V Columbus Iselin, cr. CI-8123, st. D018, 45’ OT, 5303–5387 m, 25 May 1981. BMNH 2020.11.26.2, 240 mm SL, female, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 38 ° 00’N, 11°32.7’W, R / V Discovery, st. 11911#7, OTSB, 5035 m, 26 Sep. 1989. ZMUC P771571, 87 mm SL, unripe, Solomon Sea, 7°49.4’S, 156°02.8’E, Galathea 3 exp., st. 061228-01, ...