Scopelocheirus polymedus Bellan-Santini, 1985

Kilgallen, Niamh M. & Lowry, James K., 2015, A review of the scopelocheirid amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea), with the description of new taxa from Australian waters, Zoosystematics and Evolution 91 (1), pp. 1-43 : 6

Scopelocheirus polymedus Bellan-Santini, 1985 Figure 11

Scopelocheirus polymedus Bellan-Santini, 1985a: 275, figs 1, 2. - Bellan-Santini 1985b: 334. - Diviacco and Ruffo 1989: 542 (key), 544, figs 373, 374. - Bellan-Santini 1998: 874, table 3. - Bellan-Santini and Ruffo 1998: 900, table 7. - Bellan-Santini 1990: 277, 279. - Barnard and Karaman 1991: 528. - Jones et al. 2003: 79, table 3, fig. 3. - Danovaro et al. 2010: 6. - Christodoulou et al. 2013: 12, table 2.

Type material.

Holotype, female, 9 mm, MSNV 213.

Type locality.

South-east of Mallorca, Mediterranean Sea (38°27'N, 04°08'E), 2447 m depth.

Depth range.

1511-2447 m ( Jones et al. 2003, Bellan-Santini 1985a).

Distribution.

Mediterranean Sea. Western Basin, south-east of Mallorca ( Bellan-Santini 1985a). Algeria: north-west of Oran ( Bellan-Santini 1985a). Greece: Cretan Sea ( Jones et al. 2003).

Ecology.

Taken in baited traps ( Jones et al. 2003).

Discussion.

Many of the deeper records of Scopelocheirus hopei , particularly those from the Mediterranean may actually be misidentifications of Scopelocheirus polymedus , and should be re-examined to confirm their identity.