Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in western Mexico. 6. Superfamily Vibilioidea. Families Paraphronimidae and Vibiliidae Author Gasca, Rebeca 0000-0002-9716-1964 El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal, Av. del Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77014, Mexico. rgasca @ ecosur. mx; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9716 - 1964 rgasca@ecosur.mx Author Hendrickx, Michel E. Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, PO Box 811, Mazatlán, 82000 Sinaloa, Mexico. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-25 5071 4 563 578 journal article 3300 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.4.5 084d8de1-dab3-4d6e-9db0-69e853c39709 1175-5326 5726520 B81C6E57-229D-4AA4-BA87-8EF6BD135F2B Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955 Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955: 1050 ; Vinogradov et al ., 1996: 241 (key), 272‒274, fig. 111; Shih & Hendrycks, 2003: 255 (tab. 1), 292 (key), 285, figs. 14, 15; Zeidler, 2003: 11 (key), 63‒65, fig. 29; Lavaniegos & Hereu, 2009: 151 (appendix 1). Material examined . 3F from three localities ( Fig. 3 ). TALUD IV . St. 36 ( 25°51’59”N , 110°11’00”W ), August 27, 2000 , 1F, MN from surface to ca. 1300 m ( TD , 2100 m ) (ICML-EMU-12848) . TALUD V . St. 29 ( 25°14’36”N , 109°24’15”W ), December 17, 2000 , 1F, MN from surface to 1290 m ( TD , 2040 m ) (ECO-CH-Z-10551) . TALUD VII . St. 36 ( 25°42’37”N , 110°04’35”W ), June 9, 2001 , 1F, MN from surface to 1390 m ( TD , 2400 m ) (ICML-EMU- 12849) . Distribution . Northwestern Pacific Ocean, from the SW Bering Sea ( Vinogradov et al . 1996 ) and ranging from the Gulf of Alaska ( 53°52’N ) to off California ( 33°11’N ) ( Shih & Hendrycks 2003 ). In the eastern Pacific it ranges from off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula ( Lavaniegos & Hereu 2009 ) to the SE Gulf of California, Mexico (present study). It has also been recorded from the Tasman Sea, SE Pacific ( Zeidler 2003 ) and the Indian Ocean ( Vinogradov 1990 ). Remarks . A geographically restricted species first recorded herein within the Gulf of California . Collected from 100 to 1300 m depth ( Shih & Hendrycks 2003 ).