Paracallisoma abyssi (Oldevig, 1959)

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 : 13-14

Paracallisoma abyssi (Oldevig, 1959) Figure 21

Scopelocheirus abyssi Oldevig, 1959: 16, figs 1-3. - Barnard and Karaman 1991: 528. - Vinogradov et al. 1996: 8. - Brandt 1997: 1540 (table 2).

Paracallisoma abyssi . - Horton 2006: 20, table 2. - Horton et al. 2013: 354.

Type material.

Syntypes, (24 specimens, maximum length about 15 mm), Stockholm Museum.

Type locality.

Swedish Deep (77°39'N, 1°17'E), 3200 m, Biloculina ooze, -1.4 °C.

Depth range.

1525-3200 m ( Brandt 1997, Oldevig 1959).

Distribution.

North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland Sea ( Oldevig 1959, Brandt 1997); Norwegian Sea ( Vinogradov et al. 1996); Faroe-Shetland Channel ( Horton 2006); Mid-Atlantic Ridge ( Horton et al. 2013).

Ecology.

A scavenger, taken in baited traps ( Vinogradov et al. 1996, Horton 2006, Horton et al. 2013).

Discussion.

This is a poorly described and little-sampled species that was originally described in the genus Scopelocheirus . Horton (2006) removed it to Paracallisoma . Horton and Thurston (in prep.) have new material of this species and are in the process of re-describing it.