Pasiphaea tarda Kroyer, 1845

Cardoso, Irene, Martins, Déborah Elena Galvão, Cintra, Israel Hidenburgo Aniceto & Alves-Júnior, Flávio De Almeida, 2024, First records of Glyphus marsupialis Filhol, 1884 (Decapoda: Pasiphaeidae) in southwestern Atlantic deep waters and extensions of the known distribution of two Pasiphaea species, Zootaxa 5519 (1), pp. 133-142 : 140

Pasiphaea tarda Kroyer, 1845

( Figures 3B , 5 )

Pasiphaea tarda Krøyer, 1845: 453 ; Matthews & Pinnoi 1973: 139; Hayashi 2006: 234–237; De Grave & Fransen 2011: 259; Rodrigues & Cardoso 2019: 324 .

Pasiphaea princeps — Rathbun 1904: 23.

Pasiphaea principalis Sund, 1913: 6 ; De Man 1920: 2.

Material Examined. 1 female (cl 59.4 mm), ReviZEE-Score Norte , 04°07'5"N, 049°5'24"W, Amapá state, 517 m, muddy bottom (Labcrus: 76.2.1A) .

Distribution. Eastern Atlantic Ocean: Oxsund, South Faeroes, Norway (Sognefjord), Southwest Ireland ( Sund 1913); Southern Canary Islands ( Hayashi 2006); Angola ( d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999). Western Atlantic Ocean: South Greenland ( Krøyer 1845); East Labrador, North of Andenes, West of Lofoten ( Sund 1913); South Carolina, USA ( Hayashi 2006); Brazil (Amapá [ Fig. 5 ], Espírito Santo) ( Rodrigues & Cardoso 2019). Depths from 250 to 2400 m.

Comments. The material herein examined agrees with the description of Hayashi (2006) and the diagnosis of Rodrigues and Cardoso (2019) in all characters including the rostrum with a basal slit and the apex distinctly overreaching anterolateral margin of carapace ( Fig. 3B ); the merus of the first and second pereopods with 4–8 and 13–24 spines, respectively; and the posterior margin of telson being forked.

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FIGURE 3. Carapace, anterior portion, lateral view. A. Pasiphaea major Hayashi, 2006; non parasitized female (cl 49.9 mm) (Labcrus: 76.2.2B); B. Pasiphaea tarda Kroyer, 1845; female (cl 59.4 mm) (Labcrus: 76.2.1A) (Scale 5 mm)

FIGURE 5. Map showing the sample sites where Pasiphaeidae species were collected in northern Brazilian deep water.