Vibilia armata Bovallius 1887

• Published in: Natural Hazards
• Main Authors: SHIH, CHANG-TAI, HENDRYCKS, ED A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Vibiliidae; Vibilia; Vibilia armata; Southern Ocean; Pacific; Indian; New Zealand; Chevreux; Davis Strait; Iceland; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4653174; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4653174

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. Published as part of 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, pp. 253-296 in Journal of Natural History 37 (3) on page 270, DOI:10.1080/713834685, http://zenodo.org/record/4653315