A new species and new records of the genus Vibilia Milne Edwards, 1830 (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Vibiliidae) occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean

We examined specimens of the genus Vibilia Milne Edwards, 1830 in 397 plankton samples taken from the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly between 60°N and 24°S and 160°W eastwards to the American continents. In total we found 13 species, namely V. armata, V. australis, V. borealis, V. caeca, V. chuni, V....

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Published inJournal of natural history Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 253 - 296
Main Authors SHIH, CHANG-TAI, HENDRYCKS, ED A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2003
Subjects
Amphipoda
Eastern Pacific
Hyperiidea
Key
Marine
New Species
Taxonomy
Vibilia
Vibilia elongata
Vibiliidae
IE, Pacific
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Summary:We examined specimens of the genus Vibilia Milne Edwards, 1830 in 397 plankton samples taken from the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly between 60°N and 24°S and 160°W eastwards to the American continents. In total we found 13 species, namely V. armata, V. australis, V. borealis, V. caeca, V. chuni, V. cultripes, V. longicarpus, V. propinqua, V. pyripes, V. stebbingi, V. viatrix, V. wolterecki and V. elongata sp. nov. Four species, V. caeca, V. chuni, V. pyripes and V. stebbingi, are new records for the area. In addition to the description of the new species, we also give morphological information on several species when the original and other descriptions in the literature were inadequate. A key to all known species of Vibilia is included.
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ISSN:0022-2933
1464-5262
DOI:10.1080/713834685