Hedgpethia californica (Hedgpeth, 1939)

Fig. 2, Table 1

Colossendeis californica Hedgpeth, 1939: 59–60, pl. 1 figs a–e.

Colossendeis californica – Hilton 1943: 4. — Losina-Losinsky & Turpaeva 1958: 32 [key], tab. 4. – Stock 1958: tab. 1.

Rhopalorhynchus californicum – Stock 1958: 116 [text], 118 [key], tab. 1; 1970: 9 [key].

Hedgpethia californica – Turpaeva 1973 [partim]: 185 [key], 186–189, tab. 2; 1993: 21–22 [text]; 2002: 1451. — Stock 1991a: 166 [text].

Hedgpethia californica californica – Turpaeva 1973: 186–189 [text], tab. 3; 2002: 1451 [text], 1452 [key].

Type material (not examined)

Holotype

NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC • ♂; Off Tijuana; 32°29.8′ N, 117°24.8′ W; depth 330 m; 2 Jul. 1916; Scripps Institution of Oceanography coll. no 1189; USNM 78022.

Paratype

NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC • ♂; same data as for holotype; USNM 78021 .

Distribution and depth range

Besides the type locality (off Tijuana), specimens were sampled in the Gulf of Alaska. Minimal known depth range 330– 560 m.