Metharpinia longirostris Schellenberg 1931

Metharpinia longirostris Schellenberg, 1931

Schellenberg, 1931: 65–67, fig. 34.

Schellenberg, 1935: 232.

Barnard J.L., 1960: 186, 187, 194, 271, 273, 290, pl.43. (Paraphoxus longirostris). Andres, 1975: 93, 96, 97, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113. (Paraphoxus longirostris). Barnard and Drummond, 1976: 528.

Barnard and Drummond, 1978: 32, 145, 416. Barnard J.L., 1979: 369.

Barnard J.L., 1980: 117–121, figs. 4 (in part)–5 (in part). Barnard and Barnard, 1990: 86.

Barnard and Karaman, 1991: 622.

Gonzalez, 1991: 61.

De Broyer and JaŻdŻewski, 1993: 84.

Jarrett and Bousfield, 1994a: 61, 64, table 3. De Broyer and Rauschert, 1999: 286.

Alonso de Pina, 2001: 535, 536.

Alonso de Pina, 2003: 1029, 1043, 1044, table 2.

Distribution: M +

Magellan Area: Estrecho de Magallanes, [54°S 71°W] (HGA 75); Magellan “Victor Hensen” Campaign 1994, Isla Wollaston, sta. 1204, 55 °38.4’S 67°12.4’W, 40 m (gear: small dredge) (MR unpubl.).

Depth range: 40 m.

Type-locality: Schwedische Expedition nach den Magellansländern 1895–1897, south of mouth of La Plata River, [35°S 57°W]; Valparaiso, [33°01’S 71°37’W], 13 m (revised by JLB 60, 80); Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise 1892–1893, Corral, [30°50’S 73°28’W], 9–11 m (AS 31).

Ecology: Collected from sandy bottoms.

Extralimital distribution: Schwedische Expedition nach den Magellansländern 1895–1897, Argentina: south of mouth of La Plata River, [35°S 57°W]; Chile: Valparaiso, [33°01’S 71°37’W], 13 m (revised by JLB 60, 80); Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise 1892–1893, Corral, [39°50’S 73°28’W], 9–11 m (AS 31); Punta Lavapie, [37°09’S 73°35’W], 58 m (bottom: fine sand, stones, algae; gear: dredge); Isla Mocha, [38°22’S 73°56’W], 6 m (bottom: blakc fine sand, detritus; gear: dredge); Niebla, [39°51’S 73°24’W], rockpool (bottom: sand, brown and calcareous algae) (HGA 75).

Extralimital depth range: 6– 58 m.

Type material location: NRS, Stockholm.

Remarks: See remarks under Metharpinia iado. Metharpinia longirostris expands its geographical distribution southwards in the Magellan area (Rauschert, unpubl.).