Se cita por primera vez para las aguas de las Islas Canarias, la presencia de Pterotrachea coronata Niebuhr (ms. Forskal), 1775 (Mollusca, Heteropoda, Pterotracheidae), capturada en aguas epi y mesopelagicas del este de Tenerife, durante la realization de la campana de investigation oceanografica "Bautismal 0203", dandose las caracteristicas morfologicas y morfometricas de los dos ejemplares estudiados y la distribu- tion geografica y batimetrica de la especie.
In the present note Pterotrachea coronata Niebuhr (ms. Forskal), 1775 (Mollusca, Heteropoda, Pterotracheidae), is recorded for the first time from the Canary Islands. The specimens was captured in epi and mesopelagic waters of the eastern of Tenerife island during the "Bautismal 0203" cruise. The morphological and morphometrical characteristics for the two specimens studied and the geographic and vertical distribution of this species, are given.
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