Nausithoe globifera

Nausithoe globifera Broch, 1914

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Family:	Nausithoidae ()
Max. size:	2.2 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:	pelagic; marine; depth range 1000 - 1333 m
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: from Greenland to Iceland, east to Bay of Biscay and south to northern Mauritania.
Diagnosis:	1.7 cm wide; central disk high, arched, solid, covered with nettle-spots; pedalia not prominent; lappets broad and rounded, equidistant; gonads large, almost quadrangular, in pairs, the pairs close together. Stomach brownish or quite black, gonads light brownish, yellowish or reddish.
Biology:	Minimum depth based on type locality, to be replaced with a better reference (Ref 121705). Found in deep waters (Refs. 1606, 121705) (Ref. 2992).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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