Vibilia borealis Bate and Westwood, 1868

SHIH, CHANG-TAI & HENDRYCKS, ED A., 2003, A new species and new records of the genus Vibilia Milne Edwards, 1830 (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Vibiliidae) occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Journal of Natural History 37 (3), pp. 253-296 : 257

Vibilia borealis Bate and Westwood, 1868

Vibilia borealis Bate and Westwood, 1868: 524–525 , text-figure.

Vibilia borealis Bovallius, 1887a: 10 ; 1887b: 63–64, pl. 9, figures 1–13 .

Vibilia kroeyeri Bovallius, 1887a: 8 ; 1887b: 58–60, pl. 8, figures 18–25.

Material examined. See table 3.

Description. This species is well illustrated and described by Vinogradov et al. (1996).

Size. Female: 8.70–13.20 mm; male: 7.60–10.40 mm.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Indonesia; eastern part of the S. Pacific gyre. All records (11 samples) of the present study are from deepwater tows (856–1362 m) and in a small area (33°13∞–33°37∞N, 118°17–118°52∞W).

Atlantic Ocean: Greenland–Norway to 31°N; Mediterranean Sea ; Bermuda .

Arctic Ocean: north of Arctic Circle; around Greenland.

Figures

FIG. 1. Vibilia pyripes Bovallius, 1887. Female, 6.0 mm, COFF station 554-8936. Male, 4.9 mm, Eastropac station 45-032. Telson is of female. Scale bars=1.0 mm, except telson, which=0.1 mm.

FIG. 2. Vibilia pyripes Bovallius, 1887. Appendages of female (6.0 mm) of figure 1. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 3. Vibilia australis Stebbing, 1888. Female, 4.2 mm, COFF station 539-8698. Male, 4.3 mm, COFF station 539-8698. Scale bar of female body=1.0 mm, otherwise bars= 0.1 mm unless otherwise indicated.

FIG. 4. Vibilia australis Stebbing, 1888. Appendages of female and male of figure 3. Appendages, if unspecified with sex, belong to the female. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 5. Vibilia cultripes Vosseler, 1901. Female, 11.0 mm, USNOO station M7-2C. Male, left (head), 12.0 mm, COFF station 8292. Male, right (head), 15.0 mm, USNOO station M10-7D. Scale bars=1.0 mm.

FIG. 6. Vibilia cultripes Vosseler, 1901. Appendages of male (12.0 mm) of figure 5. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 7. Vibilia cultripes Vosseler, 1901. Mouthparts, uropods and telson of male (12.0 mm) of figure 5. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 8. Vibilia stebbingi Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Female, 3.8 mm, Eastropac station 13-048. Scale bar=1.0 mm.

FIG. 9. Vibilia stebbingi Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Male, 4.4 mm (head), Eastropac station 12-224. All appendages belong to female (3.8 mm) of figure 8. Scale bars= 0.1 mm unless otherwise indicated.

FIG. 10. Vibilia chuni Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Female, 3.0 mm, Eastropac station 46-004. Male, 3.7 mm, Eastropac station 46-004. All appendages of female unless otherwise indicated. Unspecified scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 11. Vibilia chuni Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Appendages of female (3.0 mm) of figure 10. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 12. Vibilia longicarpus Behning, 1913. Female, 10.2 mm, Eastropac station 46-128. Male, 10.5 mm, Eastropac station 45-356. Scale bar of female body=1.0 mm, otherwise bars=0.5 mm.

FIG. 13. Vibilia longicarpus Behning, 1913. Appendages of female (10.2 mm) and male (10.5 mm) of figure 12. Appendages, if unspecified with sex, belong to the female. Scale bars=0.1 mm.