Gennadas incertus (Balss, 1927)

Hendrickx, Michel E., 2015, Further records of species of Gennadas (Crustacea, Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Benthesicymidae) in the Mexican Pacific, Zootaxa 3980 (3), pp. 417-426 : 418

Gennadas incertus (Balss, 1927)

Gennadas incertus . Burkenroad, 1936: 66. Pearcy & Forss, 1966: 1137. Ebeling et al., 1970: 12. Krygier & Pearcy, 1981: 78. Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete, 1989: 107; 1996: 27, figs. 9, 13, 22 A. Guzmán & Wicksten 2000: 928. Wicksten 2002: 129; 2012: 22, fig. 5A, B, G. Guzmán 2008: 29. Hendrickx, 2013: 440.

Material examined. 17 specimens. TALUD XVI–B. St. 4 (28º47'05"N 115º43'47"W), May 24, 2014, 1 M (CL 9.3 mm), BS operated at 1237–1284 m (EMU–10855–A); St. 5 (28º48'N 115º24'W), May 24, 2014, 1 M (CL 8.5 mm), BS operated at 772–776 m (EMU–10855–B); St. 8 (29º21'12"N 115º45'12"W), May 29, 2014, 1 M (CL 9.9 mm), BS operated at 1416–1480 m (EMU–10856); St. 11 (29º16'48"N 116º13'46"W), May 30, 2014, 1 M (CL 8.2 mm) and 6 F (CL 7.2–8.7 mm), BS operated at 1679–1698 m (EMU–10854); St. 19 (30º38'N 116º31'40"W), 1 M (CL 10.2 mm) and 1 F (CL 8.5 mm), May 25, 2014, BS operated at 1385–1433 m (EMU–10640); St. 26 (31º46'06"W, 116º58'21"W), 2 M (CL 8.9–9.1 mm) and 3 F (CL 8.2–11.0 mm; 1 damaged), May 26, 2014, BS operated at 982– 989 m (EMU–10857).

Distribution. Indo-Pacific. From Oregon, USA, to off Magdalena Bay, west coast of the Baja California Peninsula. "Seamount 350", about 750 nm west of Baja California ( Hanamura 1983; Hendrickx & Estrada- Navarrete 1996). Also reported from off Chile by Guzman (2008).

Distribution in western Mexico. Previous records for this species are limited to the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula ( Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1996). The material examined herein corresponds to the same area, from off the northwestern part of the Peninsula ( Fig. 1 ).

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FIGURE 1. Localities where species of Gennadas were collected during this survey.