Pseudonesimus abyssi Chevreux, 1926

Kilgallen, N. M. & Lowry, J. K., 2014, The Tryphosa group (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae), Zootaxa 3768 (5), pp. 501-545 : 511-512

Pseudonesimus abyssi Chevreux, 1926

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Pseudonesimus abyssi Chevreux, 1926: 3 , fig. 2.— Chevreux, 1935: 14, pl. 10, fig. 3.— Schellenberg, 1955: 191.—J.L. Barnard, 1958: 98 (list).— Belloc, 1960: 7.

Schisturella abyssi .―J.L. Barnard, 1967: 72, figs 31, 32 (key).― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 527.― Thurston, 2000: 360, table 5.― Larsen, 2007: 14 (key).

Types. Chevreux’s description mentions just one specimen, a (?) juvenile male, 6 mm. A specimen registered as MNHN Am 7587, on 7 slides corresponds with the type locality and has “sp. nov.” labeled on the slides.

Type locality. Gulf of Gascony , 4380 m, Globigerina ooze, Princesse Alice stn 2964 .

Habitat. Globigerina ooze.

Depth range. 2706–4380 m ( Chevreux 1926, J.L. Barnard 1967)

Distribution. Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Gulf of Gascony ( Chevreux 1926). Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Cedros Trench (J.L. Barnard 1967).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Pseudonesimus abyssi Chevreux, 1926, (?) juvenile male, 6.0 mm (after Chevreux, 1926).