Paraphoxus

Paraphoxus? pyripes K.H. Barnard, 1930

Barnard K.H., 1930: 312, 316, 332–333, fig. 10. (Paraphoxus pyripes). Stephensen, 1947: 42–44, figs. 15–16. (Pontharpinia maxima). Barnard J.L., 1958a: 146 (by implication). (Paraphoxus maxima). Barnard J.L., 1958a: 146 (by implication). (Paraphoxus pyripes). Barnard J.L., 1958b: 118. (Paraphoxus maxima).

Barnard J.L., 1958 b: 118. (Paraphoxus pyripes).

Barnard J.L., 1960: 186, 195, 277, 290, 291. (Paraphoxus pyripes). Barnard J.L., 1961: 28, 72. (Paraphoxus pyripes).

Barnard and Drummond, 1976: 528.

Lowry and Bullock, 1976: 127. (Paraphoxus pyripes). Barnard and Drummond, 1978: 33, 145, 146. (To a genus to be described). Barnard and Barnard, 1990: 103.

Barnard and Karaman, 1991: 636.

Ren and Huang, 1991: 278, 317. (Paraphoxus pyripes). De Broyer and Jażdżewski, 1993: 84.

Distribution: E + W + S + (+Ba)

Campbell Island: “Terra Nova” Expedition 1910, sta. 210, 53 °35’S 173°06’E, surface (KHB 30).

Ross Sea: “Terra Nova” Expedition 1910, McMurdo Sound, sta. 339, [77°30’S 165°00’E], 256 m (revised by JLB 60); sta. 340, 293 m (KHB 30).

South Shetland Islands: Bridgeman Island, [62°04’S 56°44’W], 750 m (bottom: blue clay, stones, gravel) (KS 47).

Weddell Sea: “Polarstern” ANT IX/3, N of Atka, sta. 165, 70 º17.7’S 3º11.5’W, 149 m, sta. 220, 70 º24.1’S 6º01.2’W, 132 m, sta. 127, 76 º36.1’S 31º19.4’W, 394 m (gear: multiboxcorer) (MR unpubl.).

Depth range: 0– 750 m.

Type-locality: Ross Sea: “Terra Nova”Expedition 1910, McMurdo Sound, sta. 339, [77°30’S 165°00’E], 256 m (KHB 30) (revised by JLB 60).

Ecology: Collected from bottoms with clay, stones, gravel.

Extralimital distribution: “ Galathea ”, Tasman Sea, sta. 626, 42 °10’S 170°10’E, 610 m (bottom: Globigerina sp. ooze; gear: Petersen grab) (JLB 61).

Extralimital depth range: 610 m.

Type material location: NHM, London.

Remarks: This species, as well as Paraphoxus latipes need a more detailed study to confirm their assignment to Paraphoxus G. O. Sars, 1895. Both species resemble each other, but they can be separate mainly by the presence or absence of calceoli on antennae and the mandibular palp with articles 1 and 2 combined larger or slightly shorter than article 3.

Rauschert (unpubl.) recorded Paraphoxus? pyripes for the first time from the Weddell Sea.