Stephonyx talismani ( Chevreux, 1919 )

Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae), Zootaxa 3867 (1), pp. 1-92 : 78

Stephonyx talismani ( Chevreux, 1919)

Euonyx talismani Chevreux, 1919: 576 .— Stephensen, 1923: 41, fig. 2.— Chevreux, 1927: 47, pl. 2 figs 1–13.— Pirlot, 1933: 120 (key).—J.L. Barnard, 1958: 92.— Andres, 1987: 96 (table 2).— Costello et al., 1989: 32.— Barnard & Ingram, 1990: 3 (key).— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 485.— Holmes et al., 1997: 186 (list).— Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 2002: 315 (table 1).

Stephonyx talismani .— Lowry & Stoddart, 1989: 521.— Palerud & Vader, 1991: 43.— Diffenthal & Horton, 2007: 39 (key).— Senna & Serejo, 2007: 13 (key).— Narahara et al., 2012: 1505 (key).

Types. Syntypes, 1 juvenile, 5 mm, MNHN Am 5498 ; 1 female, 12 mm, MNHN Am 5499 .

Type locality. Off Cape Bojador, eastern North Atlantic Ocean (25°39’N 18°18’W), 698 m; and (25°39’N 18°22’W) 882 m [ Talisman dredge stns 70 and 72 respectively] .

Habitat. Marine, sand and coral shell.

Depth range. 698–1275 m ( Chevreux 1919; Stephensen 1923).

Distribution. North Atlantic Ocean. Near Cape Bojador ( Chevreux 1919); south-west of the Faeroe Islands ( Stephensen 1923); Hatton-Rockall Basin ( Andres 1987); coast of France ( Dauvin & Bellan-Santini 2002).