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Cyphocaris johnsoni Shoemaker 1934

Description

Cyphocaris johnsoni Shoemaker, 1934

Cyphocaris johnsoni Shoemaker, 1934: 1, fig. 1.— Gurjanova, 1962: 64 (key), 67, fig. 8.— Ortiz, 1979: 19.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 480.

Type material. Syntypes 2 specimens (1 male, 1 female), 19 mm, USNM 69101, Puerto Rican Deep, North Atlantic Ocean (18°37’30”N to 18°38’15”N 65°02’15”W to 65°00’30”W), 310–400 fm (567–732 m), 3 March 1933, Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition (stn 97).

Type locality. Puerto Rican Deep, North Atlantic Ocean (18°37’30”N to 18°38’15”N, 65°02’15”W to 65°00’30”W).

Depth range. 567– 732 m.

Distribution. NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Puerto Rican Deep (Shoemaker 1934).

Notes

Published as part of Hughes, Lauren E. & Lowry, James K., 2015, A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 4058 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/235526

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cyphocarididae
Genus
Cyphocaris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Shoemaker
Species
johnsoni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cyphocaris johnsoni Shoemaker, 1934 sec. Hughes & Lowry, 2015

References

  • Shoemaker, C. R. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican Deep. Three new amphipods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1 - 6.
  • Gurjanova, E. F. (1962) [Amphipods of the northern part of the Pacific Ocean (Amphipoda-Gammaridea). Part 1]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, 74, 1 - 440.
  • Ortiz, M. (1979) Lista de especes y bibliografia de los anfipodos (Crustacea: Amphipoda) del Mediterraneo Americano. Ciencias (La Habana), Series 8 (Investigaciones Marinas), 43, 1 - 40.
  • Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. (1991) The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, 13 (Supplement), 1 - 866. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0812 - 7387.13.1991.91