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Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Benthesicymidae - Bathicaris

Bathicaris brasiliensis (Spence Bate, 1881)

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World Distribution
Pérez Farfante & Kensley (1997 : 60) - NE Atlantic, Golfe of Mexico, Azores, Madeira, Morocco, Tristan da Cunha. Also New Caledonia

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 1034-1862 m

New Caledonia data
Bathicaris brasiliensis var. howensis - Verschaka et al. (2019 - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, tab. 1, Appendix 1) -New Caledonia/HALIPRO 2/ 1996, MNHN-IU-2019–2308 - Morphological examination of the type material of Ba. howensis and Ba. iridescens by the authors also did not reveal significant morphological differences between these species. Therefore, here we consider Ba. howensis as a junior synonym of Ba. iridescens.

Comment(s) on data
Bathicaris Vereschchaka & Kulagin in Vereschaka, Corbari, Kulagin, Lunina & Olesen, 2019

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database