Vibilia propinqua Stebbing 1888
- Dataset
- Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in western Mexico. 6. Superfamily Vibilioidea. Families Paraphronimidae and Vibiliidae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Vibiliidae
- genus
- Vibilia
- species
- Vibilia propinqua
discussion
Remarks. Shih & Hendrycks (2003) collected this species more frequently in deep water (i. e., 850 ‒ 1350 m).
distribution
Distribution. This species has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate waters; ranging to 60 ° N in the Atlantic, to 50 ° N in the Pacific, and south to the Antarctic convergence (Vinogradov et al. 1996). In the eastern Pacific it ranges from 34 ° N to 23 ° S, including off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula and in the Gulf of California (Shih & Hendrycks 2003, García-Madrigal 2007).
materials_examined
Material examined. 9 M and 30 F from seven localities (Fig. 4). TALUD I. St. 5 (ca. 23 ° 16 ’ N, 107 ° 31 ’ W), December 11, 1989, 1 M, BO from surface to ca. 200 m (TD> 1500 m) (ICML-EMU- 12858). TALUD III. St. 3 B (22 ° 36 ’ 36 ” N, 106 ° 35 ’ 54 ” W), August 17, 1991, 1 F, IK from surface to 275 m (TD, ca. 650 m) (ICML-EMU- 12859); St. 6 (23 º 17 ’ 54 ” N, 107 º 30 ’ 18 ” W), August 18, 1991, 1 M, 1 F, AD from surface to 996 ‒ 1148 m (TD,> 1500 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 10554). TALUD V. St. 5 (22 ° 00 ’ 57 ” N, 106 ° 40 ’ 00 ” W), December 13, 2000, 7 M, 25 F, MN from surface to ca. 1400 m (TD> 1600 m) (ICML-EMU- 12860). TALUD VI. St. 7 (22 ° 21 ’ 39 ” N, 107 ° 01 ’ 42 ” W), March 14, 2001, 1 F, MN from surface to 1305 m (TD, 2100 m) (ICML-EMU- 12861). TALUD XI. St. 19 B (17 ° 56 ’ 00 ” N, 103 ° 10 ’ 00 ” W), June 9, 2007, 1 F, MN from surface to 1490 m (TD, 1750 m) (ICML-EMU- 12862). TALUD XII. St. 4 (16 ° 59 ’ 39 ” N, 100 ° 58 ’ 07 ” W), March 28, 2008, 1 F, MN from surface to 1200 m (TD, 1995 m) (ICML-EMU- 12863).
Name
- Synonyms
- Vibilia milnei Stebbing 1888
- Vibilia propincua
- Homonyms
- Vibilia propinqua Stebbing 1888