Eucopia australis Dana, 1852

Vicente, Carlos San, 2016, An annotated check-list of lophogastrids (Crustacea: Lophogastrida) from the seas of the Iberian Peninsula, Zootaxa 4178 (4), pp. 481-502 : 486-487

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Distribution. Widely distributed in almost all the oceans of the world (latitude range: 62ºN–70ºS).

Depth range. 600–6050 m.

Habitat. Meso- to abysso-pelagic.

Iberian Seas published records. Offshore species related to the Canary Archipelago ( Fage 1942, Wittmann & Wirtz 1998, Haroun & Garrido 2003, Wittmann & Riera 2012). Azores ( Nouvel 1943).

Remarks. This species is a bathypelagic form widely distributed in nearly all the oceans of the world. It was first recorded from the Antarctic and was for a long time regarded as essentially a southern form, but it has now been recorded from all the oceans of the world except the North Atlantic , the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean. It has most frequently been recorded from the tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, but also as far north as the Behring Sea, the coasts of Japan and the coasts of California, and as far south as Graham Land and the Ice Edge in the Bellingshausen Sea ( Tattersall 1955, San Vicente 2010a).

References

Dana, J. D. (1852) United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N.: XIII. Crustacea, part I. Printed by C. Sherman: Philadelphia. VIII, 1 - 685.

Fage, L. (1942) Mysidacea Lophogastrida. II. The Carlsberg Foundation's oceanographical expedition round the world 1928 - 1930 and previous Dana expeditions under the leadership of Prof. Johannes Schmidt. Dana Report, 4 (23) 1 - 67.

Haroun, R. & Garrido, M. J. (2003) Orden Mysidacea. In: Moro, L., Martin, J. L., Garrido, M. J. & Izquierdo, I. (Eds.), Lista de especies marinas de Canarias (algas, hongos, plantas y animales) 2003. Consejeria de Politica Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, Tenerife, 68 - 69.

Nouvel, H. (1943) Mysidaces provenant des campagnes du Prince Albert 1 er de Monaco. Resultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince de Monaco, 105, 1 - 128.

San Vicente, C. (2010 a) Species diversity of Antarctic Mysids (Crustacea: Lophogastrida and Mysida). In: Thomas, J. Mulder (Ed.), Antarctica: Global, Environmental and Economic Issues, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 1 - 80.

Tattersall, O. S. (1955) Mysidacea. Discovery Reports, 28, 1 - 66. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 16838

Wittmann, K. J. & Wirtz, P. (1998) A first inventory of the Mysid fauna (Crustacea: Mysidacea) in coastal waters of the Madeira and Canary Archipelagos. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (Historia Natural), 5, 511 - 533.

Wittmann, K. J. & Riera, R. (2012) Check-list of lophogastrids (Crustacea, Peracarida) from the Canary Islands. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, XXIV (3), 63 - 80.