Neopleustes pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846)

Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2021, Review of amphipods of the family Pleustidae Buchholz, 1874 (Crustacea Amphipoda) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). I. Subfamily Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, Zootaxa 4974 (2), pp. 267-306 : 297

Neopleustes pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846)

Figures 1h ; 2e, l, s , aa; 3d, 4h, 5g, 22

Amphitoe pulchella Krøyer, 1846 : figs. 2a–r.

Pleustes pulchellus Krøyer, 1848 — Boeck 1872: 306–307, pl. XXIII, fig. 1.

Paramphithoë pulchella (Kröyer, 1846) — Bruzelius 1859: 70–71.— Goës 1865: 525.— Boeck 1871: 177.— Hansen 1887: 119– 121, tab. V, fig. 2–2b.— Norman 1895: 487.—G.O. Sars 1895: 346–348, pl. 122.1.— Calman 1905: 58.— Holmes 1905: 489–490.— Nordgaard 1905: 184.—Norman 1905: 481.— Stephensen 1913: 160.

Pherusa pulchella (Kröyer) — Bate 1862: 143, pl. XXVII, fig. 5.

Acanthozone pulchella (Kröyer, 1846) (part).— Della Valle 1893: 605–607, tav. 59, fig..

Neopleustes pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) — Stebbing 1906: 312.— Stappers 1911: 45.— Stephensen 1928: 247, fig. 51, 10–15.— Shoemaker 1930: 306.— Margulis 1963: 164.— Mills 1964: 9.— Kudrjashov 1968: 94.— Wildish & Dadswell 1985: 15.— Barnard & Karaman 1991: 649, figs. 115E, 116H.— Bousfield 2001: 94.— Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: 98.— Dzhurinskyi 2013: 135.— Zimina et al 2018: 1215.

Neopleustes (Paramphithoë) pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) — Deriugin 1915: 448.

Parapleustes pulchellus (Krøyer) — Stephensen 1944: 4.

Parapleustes pulchella (Kröyer) — Shoemaker 1955: 43.

Distribution: Arctic Ocean: circumpolar ( Gurjanova 1951; Shoemaker 1955). Western part of North Atlantic ( Holmes 1905; Mills 1964; Shoemaker 1930; Wildish & Dadswell 1985) and western sector of North Pacific ( Dzhurinskyi 2013; Margulis 1963). In depth range of 20–300 m on pebbles, sand and mud.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, lateral view: a—Neopleustes boecki boecki (Hansen, 1888) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), b—N. boecki pacifica ssp. nov., c—N. carinatus Margulis, 1963 (original image by author), d—N. columbianus Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2004 (from Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: fig. 27), e—N. euacanthoides Gurjanova, 1972 (modified from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 18), f—N. euacanthus (G. Sars, 1876) (modified from Sars 1885: Pl. 14), g—N. kussakini (Budnikova, 1995) (modified from Budnikova 1995), h—N. pulchellus pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), i—N. pulchellus asiaticus ssp. nov., j—Shoemakeroides cornigerus (Shoemaker, 1964) (modified from Shoemaker 1964: fig. 9), k—Sh. gagarae (Gurjanova, 1972) (from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 16), l—Hendrycksopleustes neimanii sp. nov.

FIGURE 2. Neopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994, mouthparts: a–o—mandible; p–w—maxilla 1; x–ae—maxilla 2; a—Neopleustes boecki boecki (Hansen, 1888) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), b, i, p, x—N. boecki pacifica ssp. nov., c, j, q, y—N. carinatus Margulis, 1963 (original image by author), d, k, r, z—N. columbianus Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2004 (from Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: fig. 27), e, l, s, aa—N. pulchellus pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) (from Sars 1895: pl. 122), f, m, t, ab—N. pulchellus asiaticus ssp. nov., u, ac—Shoemakeroides cornigerus (Shoemaker, 1964) (from Hendrycks & Bousfield 2004: fig. 30), g, m, v, ad—Sh. gagarae (Gurjanova, 1972) (from Gurjanova 1972: fig. 16), h, n, w, ae—Hendrycksopleustes neimanii sp. nov.