Primno abyssalis Bowman

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 567, pp. 1-66 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5517892
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03931615-EC66-FFE7-FEDF-FC14FDB8F985
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Primno abyssalis Bowman
status

Treatment

Primno abyssalis Bowman View in CoL

Primno abyssalis Bowman View in CoL , in Fulton, 1968:104,109.

Type material

The holotype female is in the USNM (Cat. no. 213613), and two female paratypes are in the collections of Scripps Institution of Oceanography : in spirit .

Remarks

This is the largest species of Primno , with adults reaching 21 mm in length. Bowman (1985) suggests that this species is derived from P. macropa , or its progenitor, which was originally limited to the southern hemisphere, but during the ice age ranged into the North Pacific. When the oceans warmed again the continuity was broken, leaving the North Pacific population isolated. Its distribution is now restricted to the subarctic province of the North Pacific Ocean.