Vibilia armata Bovallius 1887
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Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887
Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887a: 10; 1887b: 69–70, pl. 10, figures 15 –22.
Vibilia gracilis Bovallius, 1887a: 9; 1887b: 65–66, pl. 9, figures 14 –28.
Vibilia gracilenta Bovallius, 1887a: 9; 1887b: 67–68, pl. 10, figures 1–14.
Vibilia erratica Chevreux, 1892: 32–35, figures 1–3.
Materials examined. See table 3.
Description. This species is well illustrated by Stephensen (1918) and Behning (1925). A detailed description is available from Vinogradov et al. (1996).
Size. Female: 3.40–10.16 mm; male: 4.40–10.08 mm.
Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Japan; South China Sea; Oregon–California; Three Kings Islands; New Zealand. This is the predominant Vibilia species in our study area. It was found in 270 samples or 68% of the total, from surface waters to 1756 m and south of 39°N but absent from northern waters (52°– 60°N).
Atlantic Ocean: 58°N– 53°S; Davis Strait; Iceland; Faroe–Iceland Channel; Ireland; Portugal; Bay of Biscay; Mediterranean Sea; transect between Newfoundland and Azores; Georges Bank; Agulhas Banks.
Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman; Arabian Sea; Maldives.
Southern Ocean: 45°– 56°S.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Vibiliidae
- Genus
- Vibilia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bovallius
- Species
- armata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887 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.
- CHEVREUX, E., 1892, Vibilia erratica, Amphipode pelagique nouveau du littoral des Alpes Maritimes, Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 1892, 32 - 35.
- STEPHENSEN, K., 1918, Hyperiidea-Amphipoda (Lanceolidae, Scinidae, Vibilidae, Thaumatopsidae), Reports on the Danish Oceanographic Expeditions 1908 - 1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas, IID. 2, 1 - 70.
- BEHNING, A., 1925, Amphipoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. I. Hyperidea Fam. Vibiliidae Claus 1872, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ' Valdivia' 1898 - 1899, 19, 479 - 500.
- 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.]