title: The South American radiation of Jerrybuccinum (Gastropoda, Buccinidae), with a new deep-water species from Chile.
abstract: A new deep water species from off the Chilean coast, Jerrybuccinum kantori sp. n., is described. The animal is equipped with a large statocyst. Kryptos explorator Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008 from off Concepción is found to be congeneric and transferred to the genus Jerrybuccinum. Differences in size and sculpture serve to distinguish the new species from J. explorator. Both Chilean species are associated with methane seep or low oxygen environments. They are compared with J. malvinense Kantor & Pastorino, 2009 and two still unnamed species from the Falkland Plateau.
authors.affiliation: Leuvensestraat 25, B-3200 Aarschot, Belgium.
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fraussen
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Departamento de Biología Marina, Larrondo 1281. Coquimbo, Chile.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sellanes
authors.affiliation: Institute for Environmental Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, D-76829 Landau, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stahlschmidt
keywords: East Pacific; New taxa; low oxygen environments; methane seep