Hyperietta stephenseni Bowman, 1973

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Hyperietta stephenseni Bowman, 1973

Hyperietta stephenseni Bowman, 1973: 61 , figs. 46–48; Siegel-Causey, 1982: 148 (key), 155; Vinogradov et al., 1996: 392 (key), 397, fig. 171; Zeidler, 2004: 32 (key), 34; García Madrigal, 2007: 149 (list); Lavaniegos & Hereu, 2009: 142 (tab. 1), 146 (tab. 2), 151 (Appendix 1); Lavaniegos, 2014: 4 (tab. 1), fig. 5; 2017: 18 (tab. 2), fig. 7; Gómez-Gutiérrez et al., 2014: 1019 (tab. 3).

Hyperiietta stephenseni — Brusca & Hendrickx, 2005: 150 (list).

Material examined. 1M in one locality ( Fig. 1 ). TALUD III, St. 19 (25°12’00”N, 109°07’00”W), August 20, 1991, 1M, I-K, surface to 410 m (TD, 920 m) (ICML-EMU-12775) .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan in warm seas ( Vinogradov et al. 1996). In the eastern Pacific from off the Columbia River, USA, off western Baja California, and in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico ( Brusca & Hendrickx 2005, García-Madrigal 2007).

Remarks. A shallow water species, Siegel-Causey (1982) reported it as abundant in the Central Pacific gyre and less abundant in the Gulf of California. In the 0–200 m depth range (García-Madrigal 2007).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Localities where Hyperietta luzoni, H. stebbingi and H. stephenseni were captured during this survey.