Janicella spinicauda (A Milne-Edwards, 1883)

Oplophorus spinicauda A. Milne-Edwards, 1883: Pl. 30.

Janicella spinicauda — Chace 1986: 44, Figs. 23-24; Kensley et al. 1987: 285; Cardoso & Young 2005: 39, Figs. 29–33; Pequegnat & Wicksten 2006: 99; Judkins 2014: Fig. 3; Poupin 2018: 102; Alves-Junior et al. 2019: 426, Figs. 29a-c, 30, 40e.

Material examined. 1 nd, NE Dos Mosquises Sur, Los Roques Archipelago, no more information, (MMM-Crus-0331) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda, USA (Florida) and Gulf of Mexico to Brasil (Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro); Indo-Pacific Ocean. (Chace 1986; Cardoso & Young 2005; Pequegnat & Wicksten 2006; Alves-Junior et al. 2019); 100–3716 m depth (Alves-Junior et al. 2019).

Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela: off N La Tortuga Island (Judkins 2014).