Vibilia propinqua Stebbing, 1888

Gasca, Rebeca & Hendrickx, Michel E., 2021, Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in western Mexico. 6. Superfamily Vibilioidea. Families Paraphronimidae and Vibiliidae, Zootaxa 5071 (4), pp. 563-578 : 570-571

Vibilia propinqua Stebbing, 1888

Vibilia propinqua Stebbing, 1888: 1279‒1283 , pl. 157; Brusca, 1981: 17 (key), 39, figs. 4d, q; Siegel-Causey, 1982: 116 (key), 128; Vinogradov et al., 1996: 242 (key), 255‒258, fig. 105; Shih & Hendrycks, 2003: 255 (tab. 1), 256 (tab. 2), 293 (key), 272; Zeidler, 2003: 12 (key), 40‒43, figs. 16‒17; Brusca & Hendrickx, 2005: 149 (list); García Madrigal, 2007: 145 (list);

Lavaniegos & Hereu, 2009: 151 (appendix 1); Valencia & Giraldo, 2012: 1492 (tab. 1); Gasca et al., 2012: 126 (tab. 1), 133 (tab. 4).

Vibilia milnei Stebbing, 1888: 1284‒1285 , pl. 148A.

Vibilia propincua .‒ Valencia et al., 2013: 51 (tab. 1) (lapsus).

Material examined. 9M and 30F from seven localities ( Fig. 4 ). TALUD I. St. 5 (ca. 23°16’ N, 107°31’W), December 11, 1989 , 1M, BO from surface to ca. 200 m ( TD > 1500 m) (ICML-EMU-12858) . TALUD III. St. 3B (22°36’36”N, 106°35’54”W), August 17, 1991 , 1F, IK from surface to 275 m ( TD, ca. 650 m) (ICML-EMU- 12859); St. 6 (23º17’54”N, 107º30’18”W), August 18, 1991 , 1M, 1F, AD from surface to 996‒1148 m ( TD,> 1500 m) (ECO-CH-Z-10554) . TALUD V. St. 5 (22°00’57”N, 106°40’00”W), December 13, 2000 , 7M, 25F, MN from surface to ca. 1400 m ( TD > 1600 m) (ICML-EMU-12860) . TALUD VI. St. 7 (22°21’39”N, 107°01’42”W), March 14, 2001 , 1F, MN from surface to 1305 m ( TD, 2100 m) (ICML-EMU-12861) . TALUD XI. St. 19B (17°56’00”N, 103°10’00”W), June 9, 2007 , 1F, MN from surface to 1490 m ( TD, 1750 m) (ICML-EMU-12862) . TALUD XII. St. 4 (16°59’39”N, 100°58’07”W), March 28, 2008 , 1F, MN from surface to 1200 m ( TD, 1995 m) (ICML-EMU- 12863) .

Distribution.This species has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate waters; ranging to 60°N in the Atlantic, to 50°N in the Pacific, and south to the Antarctic convergence ( Vinogradov et al. 1996). In the eastern Pacific it ranges from 34°N to 23°S, including off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula and in the Gulf of California ( Shih & Hendrycks 2003, García-Madrigal 2007).

Remarks. Shih & Hendrycks (2003) collected this species more frequently in deep water (i.e., 850‒1350 m).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Localities where Vibilia longicarpus Behning, 1913, and V. propinqua Stebbing, 1888, were captured during this survey.