Lestrigonus bengalensis Giles 1887
- 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
- Lestrigonus
- species
- Lestrigonus bengalensis
discussion
Remarks. According to Siegel-Causey (1982: 177, fig. 69), L. bengalensis is strongly epipelagic but features a very wide overall depth distribution, ranging from surface to depths> 2200 m. Reported in surface waters by Vinogradov et al. (1996). García Madrigal (2007) reported a 0 ‒ 3220 m depth distributional range. It was one of the two most abundant species in this survey.
distribution
Distribution. Circumtropical (Vinogradov et al. 1996). In the eastern Pacific from the west coast of Baja California to the Galapagos Islands (García Madrigal 2007).
materials_examined
Material examined. 388 M, 174 F, in 31 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- 12786 A). TALUD III. St. 3 B (22 ° 36 ’ 36 ” N, 106 ° 35 ’ 54 ” W), August 17, 1991, 23 M, 8 F, I-K, from surface to 275 m (TD, ca. 650 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 10387); St. 10 B (23 ° 43 ’ 24 ” N, 107 ° 39 ’ 06 ” W), August 18, 1991, 10 M, 1 F, I-K, from surface to 630 m (TD, ca. 900 m) (ICML-EMU- 12786 B); St. 18 (ca. 25 ° N, 109 ° W), August 19, 1991, 1 M, I-K, depth not registered (TD> 1500 m) (ICML-EMU- 12786 C); St. 19 (25 ° 12 ’ 00 ” N, 109 ° 07 ’ 00 ” W), August 20, 1991, 19 M, 25 F, I-K, surface to 410 m (TD, 920 m) (ICML-EMU- 12786 D); St. 19 B (25 ° 18 ’ 24 ” N, 109 ° 18 ’ 36 ” W), August 20, 1991, 14 M, 7 F, I-K, from surface to 600 m (TD, 1890 m) (ICML-EMU- 12787 A); St. 25 A 1 (25 ° 51 ’ 00 ” N, 109 ° 57 ’ 00 ” W), August 21, 1991, 118 M, 47 F, I-K, from surface to 200 m (TD, 1280 ‒ 1360 m) (ICML-EMU- 12787 B); St. 25 A 2 (25 ° 50 ’ 54 ” N, 109 ° 56 ’ 54 ” W), August 21, 1991, 5 M, 12 F, I-K, from surface to 230 m (TD, not measured) (ICML-EMU- 12787 C); St. 25 B (25 ° 43 ’ 18 ” N, 109 ° 47 ’ 24 ” W), August 23, 1991, 54 M, 20 H, I-K, from surface to 150 m (TD, ca. 1100 m) (ICML-EMU- 12787 D). TALUD IV. St. 7 (22 ° 00 ’ 22 ” N, 106 ° 49 ’ 18 ” W), August 23, 2000, 3 M, MN, from surface to 500 m (TD, 1970 m) (ICML-EMU- 12788 A); St. 22 (24 ° 17 ’ 20 ” N, 108 ° 50 ’ 30 ” W), August 26, 2000, 5 F, MN, from surface to 1325 m (TD, ca. 1800 m) (ICML-EMU- 12788 B); St. 25 A 2 (24 ° 54 ’ N, 108 ° 59 ’ W), August 26, 2000, 3 M, 9 F, BS, from surface to ca. 800 m (ICML-EMU- 12788 C). TALUD V. St. 29 (25 ° 14 ’ 36 ” N, 109 ° 24 ’ 15 ” W), December 17, 2000, 1 M, 1 F, MN, from surface to 1290 m (TD, 2040 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 10388); St. 36 (25 ° 54 ’ 30 ” N, 110 ° 11 ’ 24 ” W), December 17, 2000, 5 M, 15 F, MN, from surface to 1340 m (TD, 1990 m) (ICML-EMU- 12789). TALUD VI. St. 7 (22 ° 21 ’ 39 ” N, 107 ° 01 ’ 42 ” W), March 14, 2001, 29 M, 11 F, MN, from surface to 1305 m (TD, 2100 m) (ICML-EMU- 12790 A); St. 15 (23 ° 14 ’ 42 ” N, 107 ° 30 ’ 00 ” W), March 14, 2001, 1 M, MN, from surface to 1230 m (TD, 2390 m) (ICML-EMU- 12790 B); St. 22 (24 ° 17 ’ 34 ” N, 108 ° 50 ’ 25 ” W), March 15, 2001, 6 M, 3 F, MN, from surface to 1410 m (TD, 1760 m) (ICML-EMU- 12790 C); St. 29 (25 ° 16 ’ 24 ” N, 109 ° 24 ’ 54 ” W), March 16, 2001, 43 M, 10 F, MN, from surface to 1440 m (TD, 2080 m) (ICML-EMU- 12790 D); St. 36 (25 ° 53 ’ 15 ” N, 110 ° 10 ’ 06 ” W), March 17, 2001, 7 M, 6 F, MN, from surface to 1360 m (TD, 2000 m) (ICML-EMU- 12790 E). TALUD VII, St. 15 (23 ° 25 ’ 06 ” N, 107 ° 47 ’ 31 ” W), June 7, 2001, 2 M, 3 F, MN, from surface to 1425 m (TD, 2320 m) (ICML-EMU- 12791 A); St. 22 (24 ° 21 ’ 08 ” N, 108 ° 55 ° 14 ” W), 3 M, 3 F, MN, from surface to 1415 m (TD, 2000 m) (ICML-EMU- 12791 B). St. 29 (25 ° 17 ’ 31 ” N, 109 ° 24 ’ 30 ” W), June 8, 2001, 5 M, 1 F, MN, from surface to 1335 m (TD, 2080 m) (ICML-EMU- 12791 C); St. 36 (25 ° 42 ’ 37 ” N, 110 ° 04 ’ 35 ” W), June 9, 2001, 13 M, 2 F, MN, from surface to 1390 m (TD, 2400 m) (ICML-EMU- 12791 D). TALUD X, St. 7 (27 ° 53 ’ 09 ” N, 112 ° 16 ’ 42 ” W), February 10, 2007, 4 M, MN, from surface to 900 m (TD 1191 m) (ICML-EMU- 12792 A); St. 11 (27 ° 34 ’ 16 ” N, 111 ° 40 ’ W), February 11, 2007, 7 M, 2 F, MN, from surface to 1215 m (TD, 1801 m) (ICML-EMU- 12792 B); St. 20 (27 ° 14 ’ 41 ” N, 111 ° 36 ’ 15 ” W), February 13, 2007, 4 M, 1 F, MN, from surface to ca. 1250 m (TD, 1785 m) (ICML-EMU- 12792 C); St. 23 (27 ° 00 ’ 30 ” N, 111 ° 12 ’ 00 ” W), February 14, 2007, 4 M, 5 F, MN, from surface to ca. 1250 m (TD, 1770 m) (ICML-EMU- 12792 D). TALUD XI. St. 6 A (16 ° 58 ’ 00 ” N, 100 ° 57 ’ 00 ” W), June 7, 2007, 1 M, MN, from surface to 1400 m (TD, 1960 m) (ICML-EMU- 12793 A). TALUD XII. St. 15 C (17 ° 27 ’ 51 ” N, 102 ° 10 ’ 43 ” W), March 31, 2008, 3 M, MN, from surface to 1530 m (TD, 1880 m) (ICML-EMU- 12793 B).