Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955

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Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955

Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955: 1050 ; Vinogradov et al., 1996: 241 (key), 272‒274, fig. 111; Shih & Hendrycks, 2003: 255 (tab. 1), 292 (key), 285, figs. 14, 15; Zeidler, 2003: 11 (key), 63‒65, fig. 29; Lavaniegos & Hereu, 2009: 151 (appendix 1).

Material examined. 3F from three localities ( Fig. 3 ). TALUD IV. St. 36 (25°51’59”N, 110°11’00”W), August 27, 2000 , 1F, MN from surface to ca. 1300 m ( TD, 2100 m) (ICML-EMU-12848) . TALUD V. St. 29 (25°14’36”N, 109°24’15”W), December 17, 2000 , 1F, MN from surface to 1290 m ( TD, 2040 m) (ECO-CH-Z-10551) . TALUD VII. St. 36 (25°42’37”N, 110°04’35”W), June 9, 2001 , 1F, MN from surface to 1390 m ( TD, 2400 m) (ICML-EMU- 12849) .

Distribution. Northwestern Pacific Ocean, from the SW Bering Sea ( Vinogradov et al. 1996) and ranging from the Gulf of Alaska (53°52’N) to off California (33°11’N) ( Shih & Hendrycks 2003). In the eastern Pacific it ranges from off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula ( Lavaniegos & Hereu 2009) to the SE Gulf of California, Mexico (present study). It has also been recorded from the Tasman Sea, SE Pacific ( Zeidler 2003) and the Indian Ocean ( Vinogradov 1990).

Remarks. A geographically restricted species first recorded herein within the Gulf of California. Collected from 100 to 1300 m depth ( Shih & Hendrycks 2003).

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FIGURE 3. Localities where Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955, V. chuni Behning & Woltereck, 1912, and V. gibbosa Bovallius, 1887, were captured during this survey.