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Vibilia borealis Bate and Westwood 1868

Description

Vibilia borealis Bate and Westwood, 1868

Vibilia borealis Bate and Westwood, 1868: 524–525, text-figure.

Vibilia borealis Bovallius, 1887a: 10; 1887b: 63–64, pl. 9, figures 1–13.

Vibilia kroeyeri Bovallius, 1887a: 8; 1887b: 58–60, pl. 8, figures 18–25.

Material examined. See table 3.

Description. This species is well illustrated and described by Vinogradov et al. (1996).

Size. Female: 8.70–13.20 mm; male: 7.60–10.40 mm.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Indonesia; eastern part of the S. Pacific gyre. All records (11 samples) of the present study are from deepwater tows (856–1362 m) and in a small area (33°13∞–33°37∞N, 118°17–118°52∞W).

Atlantic Ocean: Greenland–Norway to 31°N; Mediterranean Sea; Bermuda.

Arctic Ocean: north of Arctic Circle; around Greenland.

Notes

Published as part of SHIH, CHANG-TAI & HENDRYCKS, ED A., 2003, A new species and new records of the genus Vibilia Milne Edwards, 1830 (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Vibiliidae) occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean, pp. 253-296 in Journal of Natural History 37 (3) on page 257, DOI: 10.1080/713834685, http://zenodo.org/record/4653315

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Vibiliidae
Genus
Vibilia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bate and Westwood
Species
borealis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Vibilia borealis and, 1868 sec. SHIH & HENDRYCKS, 2003

References

  • BOVALLIUS, C., 1887 a, Systematic list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea, Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 11 (16), 1 - 50.
  • BOVALLIUS, C., 1887 b, Contribution to a monograph of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea, Part I: 1. The families Tyronidae, Lanceolidae and Vibilidae, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar, 22 (7), 1 - 72, pls 1 - 10.
  • VINOGRADOV, M. E., VOLKOV, A. F. and SEMENOVA, T. N., 1996, Hyperiid Amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the World Ocean (Lebanon, NH: Science Publishers), 632 pp. [An English translation of Vinogradov et al., 1982, with addendum; scientific editor: D. S. Siegel-Causey.]