Boreomysis (Boreomysis) sibogae Hansen, 1910

Boreomysis sibogae Hansen, 1910: 25–26, pl. ii figs 3a–e.

Material examined (non-types)

SOUTHERN OCEAN • 1 juv. (BL = 8.5 mm); South Sandwich Trench, SE of Montagu Island, ANDEEP-II station 143-1; 58°44.69ʹ S, 25°10.27ʹ W to 58°44.49ʹ S, 25°10.47ʹ W; depth 773.9– 755.6 m; 25 Mar. 2002; EBS supranet • 1 ♀ imm. (BL = 11.1 mm); Drake Passage, N of South Shetland Islands, ANDEEP-I station 046-7; 60°38.35ʹ S, 53°57.36ʹ W to 60°38.12ʹ S, 53°57.49ʹ W; depth 2893.6– 2893.2 m; 30 Jan. 2002; EBS epinet • 1 ♀ subad. (BL = 33.8 mm); same collection data as for preceding except for occurrence in supranet .

Type locality and distribution

Type locality by monotypy is station 185 of the Siboga Expedition, N Banda Sea, 3°20ʹ S, 127°22.9ʹ E; the types were taken with a non-closing net at depths of 1536–0 m (Hansen 1910). This species is panoceanic (including the Southern Ocean), mainly meso- and bathypelagic in depths of 50–4197 m. The ANDEEP records are within previously known distribution ranges.