Acanthephyra purpurea

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 471-472

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ACANTHEPHYRA PURPUREA A. MILNE- EDWARDS, 1881

Type locality: North Atlantic Ocean , off Portugal, Ilhas Berlengas; 39°25′N, 9°30′W; 2590 m GoogleMaps .

Known range: North-eastern Atlantic Ocean, between 20° and 53°N, 600–1800 m ( Chace, 1940, 1986; Zariquiey-Álvarez, 1968; Noël, 1992).

Occurrence at vents or seeps: limited to the Lucky Strike vent field of the MAR, 37°17′N, c. 1700 m ( Biscoito, 1997, in Desbruyères & Segonzac, 1997: 189).

Material: Although specimens have been collected from the Lucky Strike vent field, we have not been able to locate them (see below). Non-vent specimens are mentioned in the reviews of Chace (1940, 1986), Zariquiey-Álvarez (1968) and Noël (1992).

Remarks: Biscoito (1997, in Desbruyères & Segonzac, 1997) described this species as bathypelagic to benthic on continental slopes and locally abundant. He also noted that at Lucky Strike, one specimen had been caught at a baited fish trap ‘near the hydrothermal vent field’. We do not know the location of that specimen or any specimens from vent areas. M. Segonzac (pers. comm.) notes that the baited trap was ‘clearly out of vent influence’; thus, the species is questionably included here and will probably be deleted from the next version of the handbook of vent fauna.

References

Biscoito M. 1997. Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816), Chaceon affinis (Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894), Bathynectes maravigna (Prestandrea, 1839). In: Desbruyeres D, Segonzac M, eds. Handbook of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna. Brest: IFREMER, 205 - 207.

Chace FA Jr. 1940. Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions, IX. The bathypelagic caridean Crustacea. Zoologica 25: 117 - 209.

Chace FA Jr. 1986. The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 1910, part 4: families Oplophoridae and Nematocarcinidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 432: 1 - 82.

Desbruyeres D, Segonzac M, eds. 1997. Handbook of deepsea hydrothermal vent fauna. Brest: IFREMER.

Noel PY. 1992. Cle preliminaire d'identification des Crustacea Decapoda de France et des principales autres especes d'Europe. Secretariat de la Faune et de la Flore. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Collection Patrimoines Naturels 9: 1 - 145.