Paralicella Chevreux, 1908a

Hendrycks, EA & Conlan, KE, 2003, New and unusual abyssal gammaridean Amphipoda from the north-east Pacific, Journal of Natural History 37, pp. 2303-2368 : 2329

Paralicella Chevreux, 1908a

Paralicella caperesca Shulenberger and Barnard, 1976 Paralicella caperesca Shulenberger and Barnard, 1976: 241–258 , figures 5, 6; Barnard and

Shulenberger, 1976: 267–274, figure 2; Barnard and Ingram, 1990: 38; Barnard and

Karaman, 1991: 513; Thurston, 1979: 55–68.

Material examined

X, (appendages on one slide), CMNC 2002-0031 , Sta. 439, Cup# 1, 34°50.97∞N, 122°59.79∞W, 4050 m, 27 June 1990 ; W, (appendages on one slide), CMNC 2002- 0032 , Sta. 1118, Cup# 9, 34°50.20∞N, 123°05.11∞W, 4050 m, 15 May 1992 ; juvenile, Sta. 1706, Cup# 5, 34°47.20∞N, 123°03.00∞W, 3450 m, 8 November 1993; juvenile, Sta. 2406, Cup# 9, 34°54.94∞N, 123°10.12∞W, 4050 m, 6 June 1995.

Remarks

Our specimens agree with the fine drawings of Shulenberger and Barnard (1976) and Barnard and Shulenberger (1976).

Distribution

Pacific and north-east Atlantic (Azores, Canaries and Golfe de Gascogne) in depths to 5940 m.