Systellaspis braueri, (BALSS, 1914)

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 473

SYSTELLASPIS BRAUERI ( BALSS, 1914)

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean , off Africa, Gulf of Guinea, from two different stations ( Valdivia ): 0°26′N, 6°32′W and 0°56′N, 4°34′W; 0–4000 m ( Chace, 1940) .

Known range: Bay of Bengal; eastern Pacific off Oregon, California and Mexico; western North Atlantic from south-east of Newfoundland to Bahamas; eastern Atlantic from south-west of Ireland to off Congo; mesopelagic ( Chace, 1940: 64).

Occurrence at vents or seeps: limited to vents on the EPR ( de Saint Laurent, 1984: 355; Tunnicliffe, 1991).

Material: Presumably, no physical collections of this species were made at the 13°N site where it was noted on the EPR .

Remarks: Reported by de Saint Laurent (1984) from the 13°N site of the EPR ( de Saint Laurent, 1984: 355). Although the type locality for this species is the Gulf of Guinea, the original collection was made well north of the known methane seep sites off Zaire. To date, only Alvinocaris muricola has been collected from the chemosynthetic communities in the southern Gulf of Guinea ( T. Komai, pers. comm.).

FAMILY NEMATOCARCINIDAE SMITH, 1884