Vibilia gibbosa Bovallius 1887

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 gibbosa

discussion

Remarks. The Californian records were based on juvenile specimens (Vinogradov et al. 1996). Gasca & Browne (2018) found some juveniles associated with Salpa maxima Forskål, 1775. Specimens observed herein are also juveniles and there is a possibility they are in fact juveniles (8.5 mm total length) of V. borealis Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868, a very similar species which has been recorded in the Mexican Pacific by Gasca et al. (2012). Vinogradov et al. (1996) recorded males and females of V. gibbosa of 7 mm and 8 mm only, respectively. Genetic studies could be necessary to help define which species occur in the northern hemisphere.

distribution

Distribution. Most common in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, but has also been recordeed from the Pacific Ocean SE of Japan, and in the tropical waters of the East Pacific, probably including California (Vinogradov et al. 1996). It is absent from the Indian Ocean (Zeidler 2003).

materials_examined

Material examined. 2 F from one locality (Fig. 3). TALUD V. St. 5 (22 ° 00 ’ 57 ” N, 106 ° 40 ’ 00 ” W), December 13, 2000, 2 F, MN from surface to ca. 1400 m (TD> 1600 m) (ICML-EMU- 12852).

Name

Homonyms: Vibilia gibbosa Bovallius 1887