Description

REMARKS Metaverruca recta was collected from ahermatypic corals and sponges. This species is possibly the most commonly dredged deep-sea verrucid. It has a circumtropical and temperate distribution but is unknown from the western coast of the Americas.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Maxillopoda

Order: Sessilia

Family: Verrucidae

Genus: Metaverruca

Species: Metaverruca recta (Aurivillius, 1898)