A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
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Zeidler, Wolfgang
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Paraphronima crassipes
Claus
(
Figs 37
&
38
)
Hyperia pedestris
GuérinMéneville, 1836
: pl. 25, fig. 5.
Paraphronima crassipes
Claus, 1879: 7
(65)–8(66), pl. 1, figs 6–9; pl. 2, fig. 10.
Paraphronima clypeata
Bovallius, 1885: 11
, fig. 2.
Paraphronima pectinata
Bovallius, 1887a: 13–14
.
Paraphronima cuivis
Stebbing, 1888: 1337–1342
, pl. 157.
Type material
Type material of
P. crassipes
could not be found at the ZMB or ZMH and is considered lost. However, the description and figures provided by
Claus (1879)
are sufficient to characterise this species. The
type
locality is the “Mediterranean”. No specific locality is given by
Claus (1879)
.
Type material of synonyms
The
holotype
of
Hyperia pedestris
is in the ANSP (CA 2698, GuérinMéneville Coll. No. 432) (see remarks).
Four
syntypes
of
P. clypeata
are in the ZMUC (CRU 449–452). Although this material is only in fair condition it is clearly conspecific with
P. crassipes
.
Two
syntypes
of
P. pectinata
are in the ZMUC (CRU 447 & 448). Both specimens are in good condition and readily identified as
P. crassipes
.
Bovallius (1889)
considers it a synonym of
P. clypeata
.
Syntype
material of
P. cuivis
is in the BMNH (89.5.15.200). These specimens represent both
P. crassipes
and
P. gracilis
. However, the material described and illustrated by
Stebbing (1888)
represent
P. crassipes
.
Material examined
(>
250 specimens
)
Types
.
Holotype
of
Hyperia pedestris
from the coast off
Chile
: dried specimen in vial — almost destroyed.
Four
syntypes
of
P. clypeata
from the
North Atlantic
;
one male
(CRU 449, 14 mm) captured
39º10’N
,
42º10’W
,
Andrea
, 1863
;
one female
(CRU 450,
11.2 mm
) captured
30º34’N
,
30º50’W
,
Andrea
, 1862
;
one female
(CRU 451, 14 mm) captured
36º06’N
,
39º 28’W
, “Warming”, 1866;
one female
(CRU 452,
10.4 mm
) captured 26ºN, 26ºW, “Iversen”, 1871: all in spirit.
Two
syntypes
of
P. pectinata
from the
North Atlantic
;
one female
(CRU 451, 14 mm) captured
36º06’N
,
39º28’W
, “Warming”, 1866;
one female
(CRU 452,
10.4 mm
) captured 26ºN, 26ºW, “Iversen”, 1871: in spirit, the latter one with mouthparts and A2 missing. Several
syntypes
of
P. cuivis
from between
Japan
and Honolulu, 35ºN, surface,
Challenger
, July, 1875: several specimens in spirit and 8 microscope slides.
Other material examined
.
Tasman
Sea
:
16 lots (
SAMA
),
19 specimens
.
North Atlantic
:
7 lots (
BMNH
)
, 7 lots (
CMN
), 22 lots (
USNM
), 3 lots (
ZMB
), several lots (
ZMUC
),
numerous specimens.
South Atlantic
:
11 lots (
BMNH
),
24 specimens
.
North Pacific
:
2 lots (
CMN
)
, several lots (
LACM
), 26 lots (
USNM
),
numerous specimens.
South Pacific
:
1 lot (
ZMB
),
1 specimen
.
Indian
:
1 lot (
BMNH
),
4 specimens
.
Mediterranean
:
1 lot (
BMNH
),
2 specimens
.
Arabian Sea
:
3 lots (
BMNH
),
3 specimens
.
Central IndoPacific
:
3 lots (
USNM
),
3 specimens
.
Diagnosis
Body length up to
31 mm
, but usually
20–24 mm
. Head slightly longer than deep. Pereonites 1–4 about equal in width. Pereopods 5–7; anterior margin of ischium to propodus with few or no robust setae. Pereopod 7 only slightly shorter than P6. Pleonite 1; ventral margin of epimeral plate evenly rounded, almost perpendicular to body axis anteriorly.
Remarks
The similarity of this species to the previous one has already been discussed under that species.
The recent discovery of the
type
of
Hyperia pedestris
GuérinMéneville, 1836
, and that it is most likely
P. crassipes
(
Zeidler 1997
)
, posed the problem of whether or not GuérinMéneville’s specific name should be used for the species now known as
P. crassipes
. However, its replacement would create nomenclatural instability (
Zeidler 1995
), because
P. crassipes
, as a scientific name, is well established in the scientific literature, and the
type
of
H. pedestris
is in very poor condition making specific identity uncertain, and it is a name that has not been used since
Bovallius (1889)
. The proposal to conserve the specific name (
Zeidler 1995
) was subsequently upheld by the ICZN (1997).
Paraphronima crassipes
has been recorded as an associate of the siphonophores
Dyphies
and
Galeolaria
(
Lo Bianco 1909
)
and
Rosacea cymbiformis
(
Harbison
et al
. 1977
,
Laval 1980
).
FIGURE 38.
Paraphronima crassipes
, Tasman Sea, SAMA C4445. Male, 10.6 mm. Scale bars = 0.2 mm (Mxp), 0.1 mm (remainder).
Distribution
This species is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions including the Mediterranean Sea. In the southern Hemisphere it rarely penetrates up to the Antarctic Convergence (
Vinogradov
et al
. 1982
).