Vibilia viatrix Bovallius, 1887

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 : 257-270

Vibilia viatrix Bovallius, 1887

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

Vibilia viator Stebbing, 1888: 1286–1287 , pl. 148B, figure E.

Vibilia hirondellei Chevreux, 1900: 126–129 , pl. 15, figure 4 .

Vibilia californica Holmes, 1908: 490–492 , figures 1 , 2 .

Material examined. See table 3.

Description. This species is well illustrated by Stephensen (1918) and a detailed description is available in Vinogradov et al. (1996).

Size. Female: 5.60–11.20 mm; male: 7.00– 10.50 mm.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: California; South China Sea; New Zealand; Three Kings Island; southern Australia. In the present study this species was found in three samples from the surface to as deep as 1682– 1591 m and occurs from 20°S to 35°N and 83°– 126°W. Atlantic Ocean: 45°N– 45°S; Mediterranean Sea; Gulf of Maine; Georges Bank; Bermuda; New York–Azores; Madeira; Guinea Current. Indian Ocean: Red Sea; 5°N– 13°S.

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.