New and additional records of hyperiidean amphipods of the infraorder Physosomata (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) from the Antarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean
Author
Zeidler, Wolfgang
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-03
4576
3
510
520
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.5
a3ed9fb7-68a3-4a4e-9d3b-8375bedd234f
1175-5326
3715770
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Lanceola pacifica
Stebbing, 1888
Southwest Atlantic: 259243
, 5/235, [
59.108°S
68.017°W
],
1830 m
.
Southeast Pacific: 1090238
, 10/868, [
57°01’S
78°46’W
],
997–1230 m
.
Remarks
:
A relatively common species recorded from all the world’s oceans, except the Mediterranean Sea, with a preference for warmer waters. Juveniles tend to be found in relatively shallower waters (
100–200 m
) while adults are more often found in deeper waters to
3000–4000 m
and even deeper (
Vinogradov
et al
. 1982
/96). Previously the most southerly record was from the south-west Pacific (
46°43’S
) (Zeidler 2009) and
Zeidler and De Broyer (2009)
indicated that it might eventually be found in the Southern Ocean. Thus, the above are the first records for the Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific Sectors. Its occurrence there may be because of the incursion of warm water as it is at the extreme southern range of the sub-Antarctic Zone.