Scina curvidactyla Chevreux, 1914

Gasca, Rebeca & Hendrickx, Michel E., 2020, Species of Scina Prestandrea, 1833 (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea, Scinidae) from western Mexico with the description of a new species from the Gulf of California, Zootaxa 4803 (2), pp. 329-344 : 332

Scina curvidactyla Chevreux, 1914

Scina curvidactyla Chevreux, 1914: 3 , fig. 2; Vinogradov et al., 1996: 164, fig. 60; Zeidler & de Broyer, 2009: 19 (list) (complete synonymy).

Material examined. TALUD III, St. 3B (22°36’36”N, 106°35’54”W), August 17, 1991 , 1M, IK from surface to 275 m ( TD, ND) (ICML-EMU-12459A); St. 19B (25°18’24”N, 109°18’36”W), August 20, 1991 , 3F, IK from surface to 600 m ( TD, 1890 m) (ICML-EMU-12459B) .

Eastern Pacific and worldwide distribution. It has been reported from 44 to 49°N in the Kurushio Current zone of influence; SE Gulf of California (present study; Fig. 2 ). Circumtropical (Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans; Mediterranean Sea) ( Vinogradov et al. 1996), especially in warm waters ( Zeidler & de Broyer 2009).

Remarks. A male of 14 mm in length and three small immature females were identified by the distinctive features of the pereopod 5, namely their short dactylus and the slender propodus, which is about one third the length of carpus.

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FIGURE 2. Localities where S. curvidactyla Chevreux, 1914, and S. trispina sp. nov. were captured during this survey.