Scina antarctica Wagler 1926
- 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 antarctica
description
1200 m; 1013473, 35 / 2262, [59.958 ° S 128.025 ° E], 800 m; 1013474, 35 / 2265, [53.5 ° S 128 ° E], 360 m; 1013487, 46 / 349, [59.858 ° S 114.992 ° E], 400 m.
discussion
Remarks: This is one of the most common species of Scina in Antarctic waters, ranging from the Antarctic Convergence to the Antarctic Continent. Most records are from depths of 1000 – 2000 m to the surface. The above records provide range extensions for the Antarctic Zone of the Southwest Atlantic (mainly) and the Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean Sectors. I could not find any previous records for the Southeast Pacific Sector, thus they are new records for that region, confirming the circumpolar distribution of this species.
Name
- Homonyms
- Scina antarctica Wagler 1926