Pasiphaea merriami Schmitt, 1931

Rodríguez-Quintal, Bladimir & Lira, Carlos, 2025, A review of deep-sea shrimps (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata and Caridea) with four new records for Venezuela, Zootaxa 5583 (3), pp. 401-436 : 414-415

Pasiphaea merriami Schmitt, 1931

Pasiphaea merriami Schmitt, 1931: 391 – 392 ; Blanco Rambla et al. 1994: 38, Fig. 6b; Tavares & Cardoso 2006: 28, Figs. 1–2 ; Judkins 2014: fig. 4.

Material examined. 1 female, 40 miles off NO Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°38’00”N 63°40’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R / V st 1093, 315– 316 m depth, 24.ix.1988, (MMM-Crus-249) ; 3 females, 1 male, 22 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°39’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fridtjof Nansen R /F st 457, 520–640 m depth, 30.v.1988, (MMM-Crus-438) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Western Atlantic: from S Florida ( USA) through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Suriname and Brazil ( Tavares & Cardoso 2006; Felder et al. 2009; Poupin & Corbari 2016); 412–3206 m depth ( Felder et al. 2009)

Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela: Venezuela Basin; off Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón state; Los Testigos Archipelago; La Tortuga, La Orchila and Margarita Island ( Blanco Rambla et al. 1994; Judkins 2014); 646– 878 m.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Plesionika longicauda: a) male (9.68 mm CL) 17 miles NE Orinoco Delta, 10°25’00”N 64°35’00”W, (MMM- Crus-261). b) specimen from Chichiriviche de la Costa, La Guaira, 60 m. Photography Humberto Ramirez.

FIGURE 2. Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883). Female (ov.), 58 mm CL, 25 miles off N Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°45’00”N 63°05’00”W, 807–878 m depth, 31.viii.1988, (MMM-Crus-444).