Paraphronima crassipes Claus, 1879

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2003, A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 280 (1), pp. 1-104 : 91-94

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.280.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5087253

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scientific name

Paraphronima crassipes Claus
status

 

Paraphronima crassipes Claus View in CoL ( Figs 37 View FIGURE 37 & 38 View FIGURE 38 )

Hyperia pedestris Guérin­Méneville, 1836 : pl. 25, fig. 5.

Paraphronima crassipes Claus, 1879: 7 View in CoL (65)–8(66), pl. 1, figs 6–9; pl. 2, fig. 10.

Paraphronima clypeata Bovallius, 1885: 11 View in CoL , fig. 2.

Paraphronima pectinata Bovallius, 1887a: 13–14 View in CoL .

Paraphronima cuivis Stebbing, 1888: 1337–1342 View in CoL , pl. 157.

Type material

Type material of P. crassipes could not be found at the ZMB or ZMH and is considered lost. However, the description and figures provided by Claus (1879) are sufficient to characterise this species. The type locality is the “Mediterranean”. No specific locality is given by Claus (1879).

Type material of synonyms

The holotype of Hyperia pedestris is in the ANSP (CA 2698, Guérin­Méneville Coll. No. 432) (see remarks).

Four syntypes of P. clypeata are in the ZMUC (CRU 449–452). Although this material is only in fair condition it is clearly conspecific with P. crassipes .

Two syntypes of P. pectinata are in the ZMUC (CRU 447 & 448). Both specimens are in good condition and readily identified as P. crassipes . Bovallius (1889) considers it a synonym of P. clypeata .

Syntype material of P. cuivis is in the BMNH (89.5.15.200). These specimens represent both P. crassipes and P. gracilis . However, the material described and illustrated by Stebbing (1888) represent P. crassipes .

Material examined (> 250 specimens)

Types. Holotype of Hyperia pedestris from the coast off Chile: dried specimen in vial — almost destroyed. GoogleMaps Four syntypes of P. clypeata from the North Atlantic; one male (CRU 449, 14 mm) captured 39º10’N, 42º10’W, Andrea, 1863 ; GoogleMaps one female (CRU 450, 11.2 mm) captured 30º34’N, 30º50’W, Andrea, 1862 ; GoogleMaps one female (CRU 451, 14 mm) captured 36º06’N, 39º 28’W, “Warming”, 1866; one female (CRU 452, 10.4 mm) captured 26ºN, 26ºW, “Iversen”, 1871: all in spirit. GoogleMaps Two syntypes of P. pectinata from the North Atlantic; one female (CRU 451, 14 mm) captured 36º06’N, 39º28’W, “Warming”, 1866; one female (CRU 452, 10.4 mm) captured 26ºN, 26ºW, “Iversen”, 1871: in spirit, the latter one with mouthparts and A2 missing. Several syntypes of P. cuivis from between Japan and Honolulu, 35ºN, surface, Challenger, July, 1875: several specimens in spirit and 8 microscope slides. GoogleMaps

Other material examined. Tasman Sea: 16 lots ( SAMA), 19 specimens. North Atlantic : 7 lots ( BMNH) , 7 lots ( CMN), 22 lots ( USNM), 3 lots ( ZMB), several lots ( ZMUC), numerous specimens. South Atlantic: 11 lots ( BMNH), 24 specimens. North Pacific : 2 lots ( CMN) , several lots ( LACM), 26 lots ( USNM), numerous specimens. South Pacific: 1 lot ( ZMB), 1 specimen. Indian: 1 lot ( BMNH), 4 specimens. Mediterranean : 1 lot ( BMNH), 2 specimens. Arabian Sea : 3 lots ( BMNH), 3 specimens. Central Indo­Pacific : 3 lots ( USNM), 3 specimens .

Diagnosis

Body length up to 31 mm, but usually 20–24 mm. Head slightly longer than deep. Pereonites 1–4 about equal in width. Pereopods 5–7; anterior margin of ischium to propodus with few or no robust setae. Pereopod 7 only slightly shorter than P6. Pleonite 1; ventral margin of epimeral plate evenly rounded, almost perpendicular to body axis anteriorly.

Remarks

The similarity of this species to the previous one has already been discussed under that species.

The recent discovery of the type of Hyperia pedestris Guérin­Méneville, 1836 , and that it is most likely P. crassipes ( Zeidler 1997) , posed the problem of whether or not Guérin­Méneville’s specific name should be used for the species now known as P. crassipes . However, its replacement would create nomenclatural instability ( Zeidler 1995), because P. crassipes , as a scientific name, is well established in the scientific literature, and the type of H. pedestris is in very poor condition making specific identity uncertain, and it is a name that has not been used since Bovallius (1889). The proposal to conserve the specific name ( Zeidler 1995) was subsequently upheld by the ICZN (1997).

Paraphronima crassipes View in CoL has been recorded as an associate of the siphonophores Dyphies and Galeolaria ( Lo Bianco 1909) View in CoL and Rosacea cymbiformis View in CoL ( Harbison et al. 1977, Laval 1980).

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions including the Mediterranean Sea. In the southern Hemisphere it rarely penetrates up to the Antarctic Convergence ( Vinogradov et al. 1982).

SAMA

South Australia Museum

CMN

Canadian Museum of Nature

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

ZMB

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Paraphronimidae

Genus

Paraphronima

Loc

Paraphronima crassipes Claus

Zeidler, Wolfgang 2003
2003
Loc

Paraphronima cuivis Stebbing, 1888: 1337–1342

Stebbing, T. R. R. 1888: 1342
1888
Loc

Paraphronima pectinata

Bovallius, C. 1887: 14
1887
Loc

Paraphronima clypeata

Bovallius, C. 1885: 11
1885
Loc

Paraphronima crassipes

Claus, C. 1879: 7
1879
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