Scina incerta Chevreux 1900
- Dataset
- New and additional records of hyperiidean amphipods of the infraorder Physosomata (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) from the Antarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Scinidae
- genus
- Scina
- species
- Scina incerta
discussion
Remarks: This is one of the most common species of Scina, found in all the world’s oceans, except the Mediterranean Sea. It is common in the 200 – 1000 m layer but is found more often in depths of 500 – 700 m (Vinogradov et al. 1982 / 96). It is usually found in warmer waters and has not been recorded from the Arctic Basin or, until now, the Antarctic region. Also, there are no previous records from the Southern Ocean, the most southerly record being from the South Atlantic (35 ° 18 ’ S) (K. H. Barnard 1932). Thus, the above are new records for the Antarctic Zone of the Southwest Atlantic and Pacific Sectors.
Name
- Homonyms
- Scina incerta Chevreux 1900