Cyphocaris faurei K.H. Barnard, 1916

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Cyphocaris faurei K.H. Barnard, 1916

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Cyphocaris faurei K.H. Barnard, 1916: 117 , pl. 26 fig. 4.— Schellenberg, 1926b: 215, figs 2e, 11, 12, pl. 5 fig. 4.— Schellenberg, 1929: 195.— K.H. Barnard, 1932: 32.— Pirlot, 1933: 128.— K.H. Barnard, 1937: 141.— K.H. Barnard, 1940: 440, 514 (list), 528 (key).— Gurjanova, 1951: 177 (key).— J.L. Barnard, 1958: 91.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1960: 169.— J.L. Barnard, 1961: 31.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1962: 34.— Gurjanova, 1962: 64 (key), 66, fig. 6.— Hurley, 1963: 25.— Birstein & Vinogradov, 1964: 155.— Sanderson, 1973: 35.— Griffiths, 1974: 309.— Griffiths, 1976: 58 (key), fig. 32D.— Lowry & Bullock, 1976: 88.— Ledoyer, 1978: 375, fig. 8.— Herring, 1981: 170.— Andres, 1983: 185.— Austin, 1985: 600.— Hopkins, 1985: 202.— Ledoyer, 1986: 738, fig. 284.— Vinogradov, 1990: 41, 92.— Bowlby et al., 1991: 247.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 480.— De Broyer & Jazdzewski, 1993: 67.— Lowry & Stoddart, 1993: 67.— Lowry, 2000: 318.— Thurston, 2001: 684 (table 2).— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 93.— Vinogradov, 2004: 53.— De Broyer et al., 2007: 119.

Type locality. Cape Point and north-west of East London, South Africa.

Material examined. Polynesia: 3 specimens (2 ovigerous females, 1 female with setose oostegites, AM P.58256, Polynesia (no further positioning data), stomach content of Tuna, 1994, coll. J. Poupin, RV Marara .

New Caledonia: 1 specimen, AM P.64004, off Noumea (22°3’S 167°44’E), Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl, 0−800 m over bottom depth 2500 m, 13 May 1971, 1830−2345 hrs, coll. J. Paxton, HMAS Kimbla (K4/71-11); 1 specimen, AM P.64005, off Noumea (21°5’S 166°45’E), Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl, 0−925 m over bottom depth 2115−2172 m, 1410−1740 hrs, 9 May 1971, coll. J. Paxton, HMAS Kimbla (K4/71-5).

Tasman Sea: 1 male, 24 mm, dissected 6 slides (mandibles in separate micro-vial), NMV J15789 , off Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania (42°13’S 148°46.10’E), 1000 m, rectangular midwater trawl, 27 July 1986, coll. M.F. Gomon et al., RV Franklin (stn SLOPE 44); 1 immature female, 25 mm, AM P.66428, West Norfolk Ridge (32°36'18"S 167°47'26"E), 1008–1029 m, beam trawl, 29 May 2003, coll. P. Berents, NORFANZ expedition (TAN0308/111); 1 male specimen, AM P.64006, off St. Patricks Head (41°37’S 148°42’E), Engel pelagic trawl with attached fine net, 20−100 m above bottom 1030−1170 m, 16 July 1987, coll. K. Graham, FRV Soela (S 05/87/10).

Southern Ocean: 1 juvenile specimen, AM P.63999, Southern Ocean (64°18.3’S 78°43.9’E), rectangular midwater trawl, 1742 to 1812 hours, 18 February 1981, coll. J. Kirkwood, “ FIBEX ” expedition Australian Antarctic Division (gammarid Amphipoda #18; FIBEX 80).

Depth range. 175−900 m depth ( Thurston, 2001).

Remarks. Cyphocaris faurei has been recorded from every world ocean except the Arctic Ocean.

Distribution. INDIAN OCEAN. off Nosy-Bé, Madagascar; Mozambique Channel, western Indian Ocean; east of Somalia, south-east of Dar Es Salaam, north-western Indian Ocean; Arabian Sea, Northern Arabian Sea, central Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman; Bay of Bengal, northern Indian Ocean; off Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands ( K.H. Barnard 1937; J.L. Barnard 1961; Birstein & Vinogradov 1962, 1964; Ledoyer 1978; Vinogradov 2004).

BANDA SEA. Kai Islands, northern Makassar Strait, Indonesia; Straits of Moluccas ( Pirlot 1933; Lowry & Stoddart 1993).

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. off south-west coast of Oahu, Hawaii; eastern North Pacific Ocean; Phoenix Islands, west of Gilbert Island, central Pacific Ocean ( Schellenberg 1929; Hurley 1963; Bowlby et al 1991).

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. south-west of Nazca Ridge, Sala-y-Gomez Ridges, eastern; eastern South Pacific Ocean; central South Pacific Ocean; Mariana Trench, Solomon Sea, Bougainville Trench, western South Pacific Ocean ( Birstein & Vinogradov 1960; Vinogradov 1990).

ATLANTIC OCEAN. Guinea Basin, eastern Atlantic Ocean; South Atlantic Ocean, south-south-west of Cape Agulhas, eastern South Atlantic Ocean; mid-Atlantic Ocean ( K.H. Barnard 1916, 1932; Birstein & Vinogradov 1962; Sanderson 1973).

SOUTHERN OCEAN. Croker Passage, between Bransfield and Gerlache Straits; Estrecho de Magallanes; Antarctic Peninsula; east of Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea; Scotia Sea; South Indian Basin ( Andres 1983; Hopkins 1985; De Broyer et al., 2007; current study).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Cyphocaris faurei K. H. Barnard, 1916, live specimen, female habitus 25 mm, AM P. 66428, West Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea.

FIGURE 14. Cyphocaris faurei K. H. Barnard, 1916, male 25 mm, AM P. 64006, off St. Patricks Head, Tasmania, Tasman Sea.

FIGURE 15. Cyphocaris faurei K. H. Barnard, 1916, male 25 mm, AM P. 64006, off St. Patricks Head, Tasmania, Tasman Sea. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 16. Cyphocaris faurei K. H. Barnard, 1916, male 25 mm, AM P. 64006, off St. Patricks Head, Tasmania, Tasman Sea. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 17. Cyphocaris faurei K. H. Barnard, 1916, male 25 mm, AM P. 64006, off St. Patricks Head, Tasmania, Tasman Sea. Scale pereopods 2 mm, uropods and telson 0.2 mm.