Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887

SHIH, CHANG-TAI & HENDRYCKS, ED A., 2003, A new species and new records of the genus Vibilia Milne Edwards, 1830 (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Vibiliidae) occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Journal of Natural History 37 (3), pp. 253-296 : 270

Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887

Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887a: 10 ; 1887b: 69–70, pl. 10, figures 15 –22.

Vibilia gracilis Bovallius, 1887a: 9 ; 1887b: 65–66, pl. 9, figures 14 –28.

Vibilia gracilenta Bovallius, 1887a: 9 ; 1887b: 67–68, pl. 10, figures 1–14 .

Vibilia erratica Chevreux, 1892: 32–35 , figures 1–3 .

Materials examined. See table 3.

Description. This species is well illustrated by Stephensen (1918) and Behning (1925). A detailed description is available from Vinogradov et al. (1996).

Size. Female: 3.40–10.16 mm; male: 4.40–10.08 mm.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Japan; South China Sea; Oregon–California; Three Kings Islands; New Zealand. This is the predominant Vibilia species in our study area. It was found in 270 samples or 68% of the total, from surface waters to 1756 m and south of 39°N but absent from northern waters (52°– 60°N).

Atlantic Ocean: 58°N– 53°S; Davis Strait; Iceland; Faroe–Iceland Channel; Ireland; Portugal; Bay of Biscay ; Mediterranean Sea ; transect between Newfoundland and Azores; Georges Bank ; Agulhas Banks .

Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman; Arabian Sea; Maldives.

Southern Ocean : 45°– 56°S .

Figures

FIG. 15. Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955. Appendages of the female (4.9 mm) and male (4.9 mm) of figure 14. Appendages, if unspecified with sex, belong to the female. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 14. Vibilia caeca Bulycheva, 1955. Female, 4.9 mm, IPHC station 930-296C. Male, 4.9 mm, COFF station 54-8711. Appendages, if unspecified with sex, belong to the female. Scale bars=0.1 mm unless otherwise indicated.

FIG. 1. Vibilia pyripes Bovallius, 1887. Female, 6.0 mm, COFF station 554-8936. Male, 4.9 mm, Eastropac station 45-032. Telson is of female. Scale bars=1.0 mm, except telson, which=0.1 mm.

FIG. 2. Vibilia pyripes Bovallius, 1887. Appendages of female (6.0 mm) of figure 1. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 3. Vibilia australis Stebbing, 1888. Female, 4.2 mm, COFF station 539-8698. Male, 4.3 mm, COFF station 539-8698. Scale bar of female body=1.0 mm, otherwise bars= 0.1 mm unless otherwise indicated.

FIG. 4. Vibilia australis Stebbing, 1888. Appendages of female and male of figure 3. Appendages, if unspecified with sex, belong to the female. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 5. Vibilia cultripes Vosseler, 1901. Female, 11.0 mm, USNOO station M7-2C. Male, left (head), 12.0 mm, COFF station 8292. Male, right (head), 15.0 mm, USNOO station M10-7D. Scale bars=1.0 mm.

FIG. 6. Vibilia cultripes Vosseler, 1901. Appendages of male (12.0 mm) of figure 5. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 7. Vibilia cultripes Vosseler, 1901. Mouthparts, uropods and telson of male (12.0 mm) of figure 5. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 8. Vibilia stebbingi Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Female, 3.8 mm, Eastropac station 13-048. Scale bar=1.0 mm.

FIG. 9. Vibilia stebbingi Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Male, 4.4 mm (head), Eastropac station 12-224. All appendages belong to female (3.8 mm) of figure 8. Scale bars= 0.1 mm unless otherwise indicated.

FIG. 10. Vibilia chuni Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Female, 3.0 mm, Eastropac station 46-004. Male, 3.7 mm, Eastropac station 46-004. All appendages of female unless otherwise indicated. Unspecified scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 11. Vibilia chuni Behning and Woltereck, 1912. Appendages of female (3.0 mm) of figure 10. Scale bars=0.1 mm.

FIG. 12. Vibilia longicarpus Behning, 1913. Female, 10.2 mm, Eastropac station 46-128. Male, 10.5 mm, Eastropac station 45-356. Scale bar of female body=1.0 mm, otherwise bars=0.5 mm.

FIG. 13. Vibilia longicarpus Behning, 1913. Appendages of female (10.2 mm) and male (10.5 mm) of figure 12. Appendages, if unspecified with sex, belong to the female. Scale bars=0.1 mm.