First discovery of the sessile barnacle Eochionelasmus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from a hydrothermal vent field in the Indian Ocean

A new species of chionelasmatid sessile vent barnacle, Eochionelasmus coreana sp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected from the Solitaire hydrothermal vent field in the Central Indian Ridge of the Indian Ocean. This new species is morphologically very similar to E. ohtai , the type species of the genus Eochionelasmus . However, it differs from E. ohtai in its distribution, the status of the notch on the...