Glyphocrangon alispina Chace, 1939

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Glyphocrangon alispina Chace, 1939: 39; 1984: 9 (key); Holthuis 1971: 347, Fig. 15; Komai 2004: 33, Fig. 1c, d; Vázquez-Bader & Gracia 2013: 373; Alves-Junior et al. 2017: 6, Fig. 3A, B.

Material examined. 2 nd, 34 miles off No Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°38’00”N 63°32’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 1092, 420– 475 m depth, 23.11.1988, (MMM-Crus-0246); 1 ov. female (34,3 mm CL), 40 miles off NO Archipelago Los Testigos, 11°38’00”N 63°40’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 1093, 315– 316 m depth, 24.11.1988, (MMM-crus-468); 1 ov. female, 20 miles off NE Archipelago Los Testigos, 11°36’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 742, 424– 452 m depth, 31.8.1988, (MMM-Crus-466); 1 nd (30,8 mm CL), 25 miles off N Archipelago Los Testigos, 11°45’00”N 63°05’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 743, 807–878, 31.8.1988, (MMM-Crus-467) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Western Atlantic: from Florida (USA) to Guyana and Bahia (Brazil), including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; 548–2094 m depth (Alves-Junior et al. 2017; Holthuis 1971).

Remarks. This is the first report for G. alispina for Venezuela.