The Tryphosa group (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae)
Author
Kilgallen, N. M.
Author
Lowry, J. K.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-02-28
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Thrombasia tracalero
J.L.
Barnard, 1966
(
Fig. 20
)
Thrombasia tracalero
J.L.
Barnard, 1966: 73
, figs 23, 24.
Schisturella tracalero
.―
Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 527
.―
Larsen, 2007: 14
(key).
Schisturella totorami
J.L.
Barnard, 1967: 72
(key), 78, figs 36, 37.―
Larsen, 2007: 14
(key).
FIGURE 18.
Thrombasia saros
sp. nov.
, holotype, female, 13.5 mm, NMV
J46814
, from 76 km south of Point Hicks, Victoria, Australia. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
FIGURE 19.
Thrombasia saros
sp. nov.
, holotype, female, 13.5 mm, NMV
J46814
, from 76 km south of Point Hicks, Victoria, Australia. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
FIGURE 20.
Thrombasia tracalero
J.L.
Barnard, 1966
, holotype male, 4.5 mm, LACM CR 1954-054.1, from Santa Monica Basin, eastern Pacific Ocean.
Habitus
, E, MX2 after J.L.
Barnard, 1966
. Scale bars: gnathopods, pereopods, 0.2 mm; remainder, 0.1 mm.
Types.
Holotype
, male,
4.5 mm
,
LACM
CR 1954
-
054.1
(originally
AHF 2789
).
Type
locality.
Slope of Santa Monica Basin
(
33º49'59"N
118º34'05"W
),
167 m
.
Feeding strategy.
Scavenger (from a hagfish trap) (J.L.
Barnard 1967
).
Depth range.
167–183 m
(J.L.
Barnard 1966
,
1967
).
Remarks.
We consider
Schisturella totorami
to be a junior subjective synonym of
Thrombasia tracalero
. Both species share the same general type locality (Santa Monica Bay (
167–183 m
)). The only apparent difference noted from the original descriptions is that the uropod 3 rami of
Schisturella totorami
are strongly lined with plumose setae, whereas that of the
holotype
of
T. tracalero
is not. However, the
T. tracalero
holotype
is probably an immature specimen.
The mandibular molar of
Thrombasia tracalero
is asymmetrical, proximally setose and distally triturating and thus differs from all other members of the genus that have a columnar molar with oval fully triturating surface.
Distribution
.
East Pacific Ocean.
Santa Monica Basin,
California
,
USA
(J.L.
Barnard 1966
,
1967
).