Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Benthesicymidae - Benthoecetes

Benthoecetes bartletti (Smith, 1882)

4 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Cosmopolitan, 609-5777 m.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 609-5777 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, eastern and western Atlantic. Lesser Antilles, VGI (St Croix), ICA (Sombrero, Anguilla, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada, Barbados), IOV (Orchila). 609-5777 m. Pantropical.
Benthesicymus pleocanthus Bate, 1888: 334, off Sombrero, North Anguilla [R/V Challenger, st. 23, dredge 450-590 fathoms]
Benthesicymus bartletti - A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1909: 189, St Croix, Dominica, St Lucia [R/V Blake]. - Faxon, 1896: 163, Guadeloupe, Dominique, St Vincent, Grenada, Barbados [R/V Blake, 399-1058 fathoms]. - Paulmier, 1993: 11, Guadeloupe, Martinique [Trap, 700-1000 m]. - Paulmier & Gervain, 1994: 10, tab. 2, Martinique [R/V Polka, deep trap]. - Gervain et al., 2002: 12, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, trap 684-1499 m].
Benthesicymus bartletti - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4617, 25 June 2015, 16°20.98'N, 60°44.95'W, 874-830 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19084; st. CP4618, 25 June 2015, 16°22.74'N, 60°45.86'W, 780-828 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19093; st. CP4644, 28 June 2015, 15°46.96'N, 61°5.11'W, 898-835 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19174. - Lira et al., 2017a: 33, Orchila.
Comment: This species can be easily identified based on shape of rostrum and presence of a spine on fifth abdominal tergites (see Roberts & Pequegnat, 1970: 41).

Trichocaris bartletti - Verschaka et al. (2019 - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, tab. 1, Appendix 1) - MNHN-IU-2013–19084, Central Atlantic, Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe / KARUBENTHOS 2/ 2015 - La Guadeloupe, Navire “Polka”, IFREMER (G. Paulmier) coll. St. GUAD 7, Casier. Prof. 1000 m, 15.01.1992

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Benthesicymus bartletti – Takeda, 1983: 44, Suriname, French Guiana [845 m]. — Guéguen, 2000: 692, tab. 1, French Guiana [Continental shelf, 824–831 m].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 609–5777 m.

Comment(s) on data
Trichocaris Vereschchaka & Kulagin in Vereschaka, Corbari, Kulagin, Lunina & Olesen, 2019 unaccepted = Benthoecetes Smith, 1884 in WoRMS (2021)

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