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

• 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
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z72-054; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z72-054

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.