Phronimopsis spinifera Claus 1879
- Dataset
- Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in western Mexico. 3 Family Lestrigonidae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Lestrigonidae
- genus
- Phronimopsis
- species
- Phronimopsis spinifera
discussion
Remarks. Phronimopsis spinifera has been reported by Siegel-Causey (1982) in the central and southern Gulf of California, occasionally abundant but little frequent. Recorded between surface and to 300 – 500 m depth (Vinogradov et al. 1996, García Madrigal 1982). Related to the California Current system (Bowman 1973, Lavaniegos 2014).
distribution
Distribution. Indian and Pacific Oceans (Vinogradov et al. 1996). In the eastern Pacific from British Colombia, Canada, to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico (García Madrigal 2007).
materials_examined
Material examined. 12 M, 4 F, in 7 localities (Fig. 7). TALUD III, St. 19 (25 ° 12 ’ 00 ” N, 109 ° 07 ’ 00 ” W), August 20, 1991, 1 M, 2 F, I-K, surface to 410 m (TD, 920 m) (ICML-EMU- 12808 A); St. 19 B (25 ° 18 ’ 24 ” N, 109 ° 18 ’ 36 ” W), August 20, 1991, 1 M, I-K, from surface to 600 m (TD, 1890 m) (ICML-EMU- 12808 B). TALUD IV. St. 15 (23 ° 23 ’ 30 ” N, 107 ° 47 ’ 48 ” W), August 24, 2000, 1 F, MN, from surface to 1500 m (TD, 2350 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 10396). TALUD V. St. 29 (25 ° 14 ’ 36 ” N, 109 ° 24 ’ 15 ” W), December 17, 2000, 1 M, MN, from surface to 1290 m (TD, 2040 m) (ICML-EMU- 12809). TALUD XI. St. 6 A (16 ° 58 ’ 00 ” N, 100 ° 57 ’ 00 ” W), June 7, 2007, 4 M, MN, from surface to 1400 m (TD, 1960 m) (ICML-EMU- 12810 A); St. 19 B (17 ° 56 ’ 00 ” N, 103 ° 10 ’ 00 ” W), June 9, 2007, 2 M and 1 F, MN, from surface to 1490 m (TD, 1750 m) (ICML-EMU- 12810 B). TALUD XII. St. 4 (16 ° 59 ’ 39 ” N, 100 ° 58 ’ 07 ” W), March 28, 2008, 3 M, MN, from surface to 1200 m (TD, 1995 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 20397).
Name
- Synonyms
- Phronimopsis sarsi Bovallius 1887
- Homonyms
- Phronimopsis spinifera Claus 1879