(Figs 13–17)
Cyphocaris faurei K.H. Barnard, 1916: 117, pl. 26 fig. 4.— Schellenberg, 1926 b: 215, figs 2 e, 11, 12, pl. 5 fig. 4.— Schellenberg, 1929: 195.— K.H. Barnard, 1932: 32.— Pirlot, 1933: 128.— K.H. Barnard, 1937: 141.— K.H. Barnard, 1940: 440, 514 (list), 528 (key).— Gurjanova, 1951: 177 (key).— J.L. Barnard, 1958: 91.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1960: 169.— J.L. Barnard, 1961: 31.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1962: 34.— Gurjanova, 1962: 64 (key), 66, fig. 6.— Hurley, 1963: 25.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1964: 155.— Sanderson, 1973: 35.— Griffiths, 1974: 309.— Griffiths, 1976: 58 (key), fig. 32 D.— Lowry & Bullock, 1976: 88.— Ledoyer, 1978: 375, fig. 8.— Herring, 1981: 170.— Andres, 1983: 185.— Austin, 1985: 600.— Hopkins, 1985: 202.— Ledoyer, 1986: 738, fig. 284.— Vinogradov, 1990: 41, 92.— Bowlby et al., 1991: 247.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 480.— De Broyer & Jazdzewski, 1993: 67.— Lowry & Stoddart, 1993: 67.— Lowry, 2000: 318.— Thurston, 2001: 684 (table 2).— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 93.— Vinogradov, 2004: 53.— De Broyer et al., 2007: 119.
Type locality. Cape Point and north-west of East London, South Africa.
Material examined. Polynesia: 3 specimens (2 ovigerous females, 1 female with setose oostegites, AM P. 58256, Polynesia (no further positioning data), stomach content of Tuna, 1994, coll. J. Poupin, RV Marara.
New Caledonia: 1 specimen, AM P. 64004, off Noumea (22 ° 3 ’S 167 ° 44 ’E), Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl, 0−800 m over bottom depth 2500 m, 13 May 1971, 1830− 2345 hrs, coll. J. Paxton, HMAS Kimbla (K 4 / 71 - 11); 1 specimen, AM P. 64005, off Noumea (21 ° 5 ’S 166 ° 45 ’E), Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl, 0−925 m over bottom depth 2115−2172 m, 1410−1740 hrs, 9 May 1971, coll. J. Paxton, HMAS Kimbla (K 4 / 71 - 5).
Tasman Sea: 1 male, 24 mm, dissected 6 slides (mandibles in separate micro-vial), NMV J 15789, off Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania (42 ° 13 ’S 148 ° 46.10 ’E), 1000 m, rectangular midwater trawl, 27 July 1986, coll. M.F. Gomon et al., RV Franklin (stn SLOPE 44); 1 immature female, 25 mm, AM P. 66428, West Norfolk Ridge (32 ° 36 ' 18 "S 167 ° 47 ' 26 "E), 1008–1029 m, beam trawl, 29 May 2003, coll. P. Berents, NORFANZ expedition (TAN0308/ 111); 1 male specimen, AM P. 64006, off St. Patricks Head (41 ° 37 ’S 148 ° 42 ’E), Engel pelagic trawl with attached fine net, 20−100 m above bottom 1030−1170 m, 16 July 1987, coll. K. Graham, FRV Soela (S 05/ 87 / 10).
Southern Ocean: 1 juvenile specimen, AM P. 63999, Southern Ocean (64 ° 18.3 ’S 78 ° 43.9 ’E), rectangular midwater trawl, 1742 to 1812 hours, 18 February 1981, coll. J. Kirkwood, “ FIBEX ” expedition Australian Antarctic Division (gammarid Amphipoda # 18; FIBEX 80).
Depth range. 175−900 m depth (Thurston, 2001).
Remarks. Cyphocaris faurei has been recorded from every world ocean except the Arctic Ocean.
Distribution. INDIAN OCEAN. off Nosy-Bé, Madagascar; Mozambique Channel, western Indian Ocean; east of Somalia, south-east of Dar Es Salaam, north-western Indian Ocean; Arabian Sea, Northern Arabian Sea, central Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman; Bay of Bengal, northern Indian Ocean; off Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands (K.H. Barnard 1937; J.L. Barnard 1961; Birstein & Vinogradov 1962, 1964; Ledoyer 1978; Vinogradov 2004).
BANDA SEA. Kai Islands, northern Makassar Strait, Indonesia; Straits of Moluccas (Pirlot 1933; Lowry & Stoddart 1993).
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. off south-west coast of Oahu, Hawaii; eastern North Pacific Ocean; Phoenix Islands, west of Gilbert Island, central Pacific Ocean (Schellenberg 1929; Hurley 1963; Bowlby et al 1991).
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. south-west of Nazca Ridge, Sala-y-Gomez Ridges, eastern; eastern South Pacific Ocean; central South Pacific Ocean; Mariana Trench, Solomon Sea, Bougainville Trench, western South Pacific Ocean (Birstein & Vinogradov 1960; Vinogradov 1990).
ATLANTIC OCEAN. Guinea Basin, eastern Atlantic Ocean; South Atlantic Ocean, south-south-west of Cape Agulhas, eastern South Atlantic Ocean; mid-Atlantic Ocean (K.H. Barnard 1916, 1932; Birstein & Vinogradov 1962; Sanderson 1973).
SOUTHERN OCEAN. Croker Passage, between Bransfield and Gerlache Straits; Estrecho de Magallanes; Antarctic Peninsula; east of Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea; Scotia Sea; South Indian Basin (Andres 1983; Hopkins 1985; De Broyer et al., 2007; current study).