Deep-sea Amphipoda from the western North Atlantic Ocean. Caprellidea

Five species of Caprellidea (Amphipoda) occur on a benthic transect between Gay Head, Massachusetts and Bermuda. Three species, Caprella rinki Stephensen, Mayerella limicola Huntsman, and Proaeginina norvegica (Stephensen) are refigured and redescribed. A new species of Thorina and a new genus and s...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Laubitz, Diana R., Mills, Eric L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z72-054
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z72-054
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Summary:Five species of Caprellidea (Amphipoda) occur on a benthic transect between Gay Head, Massachusetts and Bermuda. Three species, Caprella rinki Stephensen, Mayerella limicola Huntsman, and Proaeginina norvegica (Stephensen) are refigured and redescribed. A new species of Thorina and a new genus and species are described from bathyal and abyssal depths. All five species are arctic–boreal in affinities and may be expected to range south only to Cape Hatteras on the continental slope, but much farther south at abyssal depths.