Paralomis verrilli

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 : 485-486

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PARALOMIS VERRILLI ( BENEDICT, 1894)

Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, off Pribilof Islands, Steamer Albatross sta. 3501; 1258 m (originally as 688 fathoms).

Known range: North-eastern Pacific, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk to Cortez Bank, California; 1238– 2379 m ( Hart, 1982; Chevaldonné & Olu, 1996: 288).

Occurrence at vents or seeps: vents in the Mid-Okinawa Trough (see below).

Material: The type specimens are housed at the National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC) under the registration number USNM D-5685, according to Macpherson (2001: 802). Benedict (1894)

listed the types under the catalogue number USNM 18537 About USNM .

Remarks: Although Paralomis verrilli has been observed often at hydrothermal vent sites in the Mid- Okinawa Trough (e.g. photograph 1 of Ohta & Kim, 2001), we are not aware of any collections from these sites. This is supported by Chevaldonné & Olu’s (1996) observation that identification of the species observed at these sites is ‘still to be confirmed’ (suggesting specimens are not in hand). Chevaldonné & Olu (1996: 288) noted that its occurrence at such sites would not be surprising given its non-vent range and reported depths (‘ 1500–3500 m around Japan and from the Bering Sea to California’) ( Hart, 1982; Ohta, 1990a; Kim & Ohta, 1991; Hashimoto et al., 1995). However, the coloration of the species seen at the Mid-Okinawa Trough vent sites differs from the coloration seen at non-vent (cool water) populations ( T. Komai, pers. comm.), such that close examination of specimens from the Mid-Okinawa Trough vent site is needed before confirming this identity.

Remarks: According to Chevaldonné & Olu (1996), Paralomis verrilli is ‘believed to be the species found at hydrothermal vents of the Iheya Ridge, at 1400 m, in the Mid-Okinawa Trough’ (citing pers. comm. with S. Ohta as well as Ohta, 1990a; Kim & Ohta, 1991; Hashimoto et al., 1995).

References

Benedict JE. 1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, with notes on the young of Lithodes camtschaticus and Lithodes brevipes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17: 479 - 488.

Chevaldonne P, Olu K. 1996. Occurrence of anomuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) in hydrothermal vent and cold-seep communities: a review. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109 (2): 286 - 298.

Hart JFL. 1982. Crabs and their relatives of British Columbia. British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook 40. Victoria: Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services.

Hashimoto J, Ohta S, Fujikura K, Miura T. 1995. Microdistribution pattern and biogeography of the hydrothermal vent communities of the Minami-Ensei Knoll in the mid-Okinawa Trough, western Pacific. Deep-Sea Research Part I - Oceanographic Research Papers 42 (4): 577 - 598.

Kim DS, Ohta S. 1991. Submersible observations and comparison of the biological communities of the two hydrothermal vents on the Iheya Ridge of the Mid-Okinawa Trough. JMSTCTR Deep-Sea Research 7: 221 - 233 [in Japanese with English summary].

Macpherson E. 2001. New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific. Zoosystema 23 (4): 797 - 805.

Ohta S. 1990 a. Deep-sea submersible survey of the hydrothermal vent community on the northeastern slope of the Iheya Ridge, the Okinawa Trough. JMSTCTR Deep-Sea Research 6: 145 - 156 [in Japanese with English summary].

Ohta S, Kim D. 2001. Submersible observations of the hydrothermal vent communities on the Iheya Ridge, Mid Okinawa Trough, Japan. Journal of Oceanology 57: 663 - 667.