Glyphocrangon aurantiaca Holthuis, 1971

Glyphocrangon aurantiaca Holthuis 1971: Chace 1984: 6 (key); Komai 2004, 35, Fig. 2 a, b; Vázquez-Bader & Gracia, 2013: 381 (key).

Material examined. 1 nd, off N La Tortuga Island, 11°13’48 ”N 65°13’11” W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 796, 501– 532 m depth, 10.vii.1988, (USNM 256512); 1 nd, off NW La Tortuga Island, 11°17’N 65°30’W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 800, 640– 674 m depth, 08.vii.1988, (USNN 256509); 21 females (18 ov.), 12 miles off N Guanta, Anzoátegui state, 10°25’00”N 64°35’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 490, 143– 154 m depth, 04.vi.1988, (MMM-Crus-326); 2 ov. females, 20 miles off N La Tortuga Island, 11°13’48”N 65°13’12”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 796; 501–562 m depth, 07.ix.1988, (MMM-crus-264); 9 ov. females, same location (MMM-Crus-475); 1 female, 1 ov. female, 38 miles off N Los Caracas, La Guaira state, 11°10’12”N 66°34’12”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 811, 582– 592 m depth, 10.ix.1988, (MMM-Crus-366); 1 nd, 20 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°36’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 742, 424– 452 m depth, 31.viii.1988, (MMM-Crus-435) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. South of the Caribbean Sea and North of South America, between Tobago and French Guyana; 410-733 m depth (Holthuis 1971; Chace 1984).

Remarks. There is a previous record from off N Los Testigos Archipelago, at 807–878 m depth (Blanco Rambla et al. 1994). The report from Guanta (MMM-Crus-326) at 143–154 m depth is the shallowest for G. aurantiaca .