Lophogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea) of the “ DIVA- 1 ” deep-sea expedition to the Angola Basin (SE-Atlantic)
Author
Wittmann, Karl J.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-04-16
628
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.628
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Neognathophausia gigas
(
Willemoës-Suhm, 1873
)
Material examined
(non-type only)
ANGOLA BASIN
•
1 imm.
(BL =
40 mm
);
22°20.640′ S
,
3°23.567′ E
to 22°26.150′ S, 3°27.046′ E;
bottom depth
5161–5162 m
;
10 Jul. 2000
; DIVA-1 exped., #321;
Agassiz Trawl
;
ZMH 58243
.
Type
locality
Implicitly defined by monotypy.
Willemoës-Suhm (1873
,
1875
) based the first description on a single male specimen caught between
Bermuda
and the Azores,
38°22′ N
,
37°21′ W
, depth 2200 fathoms (
4023 m
).
Distribution
According to
San Vicente
(2016)
this meso- to bathypelagic species shows a panoceanic distribution, latitudinal range
66º N–
74º S
, depth range
650–4023 m
. This species has been reported by
Illig (1930)
as the synonym
Gnathophausia drepanephora
Holt & Tattersall, 1905
, from material taken by the “Valdivia” Expedition in the
Angola
Basin. See Discussion for a biogeographical assessment of the new record from
5161–5162 m
bottom depth in the
Angola
Basin.