Vibilia bovallii Bonnier

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2003, A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 280 (1), pp. 1-104 : 77

Vibilia bovallii Bonnier

Vibilia bovallii Bonnier, 1896: 612–614 , pl. 35, fig. 3. — Behning 1913b: 221. Vinogradov et al. 1982: 234–235, fig. 116.

Type material

Type material could not be located at the MNHN and is presumed lost. The type locality is the Bay of Biscay , 44°17’N, 4°38’E .

Remarks

According to Bonnier this species differs from all it congeners by gnathopod 2 which has an elongated merus and no carpal process. However, he illustrates gnathopod 2 with eight articles, so that it seems he mistook the carpal process for the merus and then added on another propodus. If this assumption is correct, then the carpal process would be almost as long as the propodus. Vinogradov et al. (1982) infer that the lateral corners of the last urosomite are slightly produced, but Bonnier makes no mention of this, nor does he illustrate this character. The shape of antennae 1, the urosome, and the telson, makes this species most similar to V. viatrix , if the assumption regarding the carpal process of gnathopod 2 is correct.