A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
Author
Zeidler, Wolfgang
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Vibilia propinqua
Stebbing
(
Figs 16
&
17
)
Vibilia propinqua
Stebbing, 1888: 12791283
, pl. 157. —
Vosseler 1901: 124125
.
Stebbing 1904: 31–32
.
Tattersall 1906: 14–15
.
Walker 1907: 6
.
Behning & Woltereck 1912: 5
.
Behning 1913a: 533
, 549.
Behning 1913b: 218
.
Stewart 1913: 246–247
.
Stephensen 1918: 43–46
, fig. 14.
Behning 1925: 484–486
, figs 23–25.
Behning 1927: 118
, 121 (Table).
Schellenberg 1927: 616–617
, fig. 25.
Pirlot 1929: 97–98
.
Barnard 1930: 404
.
Barnard 1932: 263
.
Chevreux 1935: 174–175
.
Barnard 1937: 182
.
Waterman
et al
. 1939: 268
, fig. 5B (graph).
Bulycheva 1955: 1048
(Table).
Hurley 1960b: 279
.
Evans 1961: 203
.
Laval 1963: 1389–1392
, fig. 1A.
Siegfried 1963: 8
.
Hurley 1969: 33
, pl. 18 (map 3).
Lewis & Fish 1969: 89
.
Dick 1970: 34
(key), 52–53:
Semenova 1973: 173
.
Lorz & Pearcy 1975: 1444
(Table).
Semenova 1976: 138
, fig. 2 (map).
Shulenberger 1977: 378
(Table).
Thurston 1976: 404
.
Madin & Harbison 1977: 453
(Table), 454.
Tranter 1977: 647
, 648 (Table). Brusca 1981: 17 (key), 39, fig. 4d,
4q.
Vinogradov
et al
. 1982: 211–213
, fig. 105.
Barkhatov & Vinogradov 1988: 168
(Table), 170, 172.
Vinogradov 1990a: 55–56
, 93 (Table).
Zeidler 1991: 128–130
, figs 2, 3.
De Broyer & Jazdzewski 1993: 111
.
Vinogradov 1993: 43
(Table).
Shih & Chen 1995: 4749
, figs 24, 25.
Barkhatov
et al
. 1999: 808
(Table).
Vinogradov 1999: 1180
, fig. 4.86.
Gasca & Shih 2001: 496
(Table).
Lima & Valentin 2001: 471
(list), 476 (Table).
Vibilia milnei
Stebbing, 1888: 1284–1285
, pl. 148A.
Vibilia
sp.
Stebbing, 1888: 12851286
, pl. 148B, figs C, D.
Vibilia stebbingi
[misidentification]. —
Young & Anderson 1987: 712
, 716 (table), fig. 2.
Zeidler 1992: 96
(part).
Zeidler 1998: 37
(part).
Type
material
The
four syntypes
of
V. propinqua
are in the BMNH (89.5.15.177).
The
type locality is the
Pacific Ocean
, off
Volcano Island
,
25º30’N
,
138º0’E
, surface
.
Type
material of synonyms
The unique
type
of
V. milnei
is in the BMNH (89.5.15.178). Although the remains of the specimen, on three microscope slides, are in poor condition, it appears to be the same as
V. propinqua
.
Stebbing (1888)
himself says that “this species does not differ greatly in general appearance and structure from
Vibilia propinqua
”.
Material examined
(>
250 specimens
)
Types.
Four
syntypes
of
V. propinqua
,
Challenger
, 4
th
April, 1875:
3 specimens
in spirit and 3 microscope slides of head, G1 & 2, P3–7 and pleon. The unique type of
V. milnei
from the South Atlantic, surface,
Challenger
, 5
th
October, 1873: 3 microscope slides of head, G1 & 2, P3–7 and pleon.
FIGURE 16.
Vibilia propinqua
, Tasman Sea, SAMA C4439 (m), C4440 (f). A, male, 7.7 mm, lateral view; B, female, 8.5 mm, lateral view of head; appendages from male except Usf. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (A, B), 0.5 mm (Us), 0.2 mm (remainder).
FIGURE 17.
Vibilia propinqua
, Tasman Sea, SAMA C4439. Male, 7.7 mm. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.
Other material examined.
Tasman
Sea
:
3 lots (
SAMA
), 1 lot (
ZMUC
),
23 specimens
.
North Atlantic
:
8 lots (
BMNH
), 2 lots (
CMN
), 15 lots (
USNM
), 10 lots (
ZMB
), 1 lot (
ZMH
), 30 lots (
ZMUC
), numerous specimens.
South Atlantic
:
3 lots (
BMNH
), 17 lots (
USNM
), 3 lots (
ZMUC
),
32 specimens
.
Mediterranean
:
24 lots (
ZMUC
), numerous specimens.
North Pacific
:
16 lots (
LACM
), 7 lots (
USNM
), 1 lot (
MNHN
), 3 lots (
ZMUC
), numerous specimens.
South Pacific
:
6 lots (
BMNH
), 1 lot (
USNM
),
32 specimens
.
Central IndoPacific
:
3 lots (
USNM
), 1 lot (
MNHN
),
5 specimens
.
South Indian
:
1 lot (
BMNH
), 8 lots (
SAM
), 2 lots (
ZMUC
),
14 specimens
.
Arabian Sea
:
1 lot (
BMNH
),
5 specimens
.
Diagnosis
Body length up to
12 mm
. Antennae 1 as long as head and first pereonite; flagellum oval with slightly straighter dorsal margin, slightly pointed distally (especially in males). Gnathopod 2; carpal process up to 0.8x length of propodus. Pereopods 3–6; dactylus length about 0.3x propodus. Pereopod 7; basis rectangular, width about 0.8x length, marginally longer than ischium to carpus combined, with rounded posterodistal lobe extending to firstthird of merus. Lateral corners of last urosomite not produced. Uropod 3; peduncle distinctly longer than rami (relatively longer in males); endopod slightly longer, or subequal in length to exopod in females, in males the endopod is slightly broader, and up to onethird longer than the exopod. Telson triangular, length about 0.7x peduncle of U3.
Remarks
This species most closely resembles
V. antarctica
but is distinguished by the shorter carpal process of gnathopod 2, the less truncate first antennae, and in preferring warmer waters. It has been confused with
V. stebbingi
because the carpal process of gnathopod 2 can be relatively short in some specimens, particularly in females, but
V. stebbingi
is a much smaller species and is distinguished by the narrow anterodistal lobe of the basis of pereopod 7. Also, sexual dimorphism of uropod 3 is not evident in
V. stebbingi
.
Vibilia propinqua
also resembles
V. jeangerardi
, and
V. gibbosa
, but is distinguished by the relatively narrower and more pointed flagellum of antennae 1, the relatively longer and more pointed telson, and by the relatively larger posterodistal lobe of the basis of pereopod 7.
Laval (1963
,
1965
) has described the larval biology of
V
.
propinqua
, and its association with salps. It has been recorded as an associate of the salps
Salpa fusiformis, Thalia
democratica, Ihlea punctata
(
Laval 1963
);
Salpa maxima
,
S. cylindrica
(
Madin & Harbison 1977
)
and
Pegea confoederata
var.
bicaudata
(
Laval 1980
)
.
Distribution
This is a relatively common species, widely distributed in the tropical and temperate regions of the world’s oceans. It is recorded here from Australian waters for the first time.