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Tryphosa pulchra Hansen, 1888: 78, pl. 2 figs 6, 6e.― Stephensen, 1912: 582.
Schisturella pulchra.― Norman, 1900: 208.― Stebbing, 1906: 719.― Stephensen, 1923: 75.― Shoemaker, 1930: 13, figs 3-6. ― Gurjanova, 1935: 537.― Schellenberg, 1935: 18, fig. 3.― Stephensen, 1944: 25.― Gorbunov, 1946: 43.― Gurjanova, 1951: 212, fig. 79.―J.L. Barnard, 1958: 98.― Oldevig, 1959: 11.― Gurjanova, 1962: 197, figs 63A, B.― Gurjanova, 1964: 272.―J.L. Barnard, 1966: 71 (key).―J.L. Barnard, 1967: 72 (key).― Brunel, 1970: 36.― Bousfield, 1973: 287. ― Watling, 1979: 266 (table 1).― Just, 1980: 7 (table 2).―? Sekiguchi & Yamaguchi, 1983: 8, figs 5a, b.― Barnard & Ingram, 1990: 30 (key). ― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 527.― Palerud & Vader, 1991: 42.― Vader & Johnsen, 2001: 489, figs 1, 2.― Tzvetkova & Golikov, 2001: 89.― Larsen, 2007: 14 (key).
Ambasia pulchra.― Stebbing, 1906: 52 (in part).
Types. Syntypes, 3 specimens, SMNH N. Amph. 517 and SMNH N. Amph. 9945.
Additional material examined. 3 males, AM P.35526, from Baie des Isle, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada (49º10’N 58º15’W), 19 August 1965.
Type locality. Greenland: Sukkertoppen, 100 fathoms [182 m]; Christianshaab 15–30 fathoms (27.5–55 m); and Egedesminde, 80–100 fathoms [146–182 m].
Habitat. Marine, hard (stony) to soft (clay) bottoms.
Depth range. 27–2240 m (Hansen 1888, Gurjanova 1962).
Remarks. Hansen (1888) based his description of the species on an adult female (15 mm) from the syntypes series.
Distribution. Arctic. Coasts of Greenland (Hansen 1888, Schellenberg 1935, Stephensen 1944); Kara Sea (Gurjanova 1935); Northern Norway and Svalbard (Vader & Johnsen 2001). North Atlantic Ocean. Northwest of Shetland (Norman 1906); Gulf of St Lawrence (Shoemaker 1930). North Pacific Ocean. Sea of Okhotsk (Gurjanova 1962);? Enshu-nada and Kumano-nada, Japan (Sekiguchi & Yamaguchi 1983).