Bay of Biscay

Idunella bacheleti sp. nov., a new Liljeborgiidae species (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic Ocean)

*Idunella bacheleti* sp. nov., une nouvelle espèce de Liljeborgiidae (Crustacea : Amphipoda) du canyon de Capbreton (golfe de Gascogne, Nord-Est de l’océan Atlantique). Lors de la troisième campagne du projet BIOMIN (BIOMIN-3) dans le canyon de …

Chaetozone corona (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae) in the Bay of Biscay: a new alien species for the North-east Atlantic waters?

The cirratulid species _Chaetozone corona_ is reported for the first time from the North-east Atlantic waters. Several specimens were collected during oceanographic surveys between 1996 and 2015 from soft bottom habitats along the coasts of Brittany …

Anobothrus amourouxi sp. nov., a new species of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) from the Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic Ocean)

A new species of Ampharetidae, _Anobothrus amourouxi_ sp. nov., has been identified from bathyal depths of the Capbreton Canyon, Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic Ocean). This new species is characterized by inner branchiae with transversal ciliated ridges, …

New records of Spio symphyta and Spio martinensis (‘Polychaeta’: Canalipalpata: Spionidae) from Arcachon Bay (France), NE Atlantic

This paper presents new records of _Spio symphyta_ Meißner et al., 2011 and _Spio martinensis_ Mesnil, 1896 (‘Polychaeta’: Canalipalpata: Spionidae) from Arcachon Bay (southern Bay of Biscay). For both species the new records represent an extension …

Recent discovery of Paranthura japonica Richardson, 1909 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Paranthuridae) in European marine waters (Arcachon Bay, Bay of Biscay

The Asiatic isopod Paranthura japonica Richardson, 1909 was collected in 2007 in Arcachon Bay (SW France), where the species occurs in a variety of habitats, both in the intertidal and at shallow depths. This species, native to the Sea of Japan, may …