Glyphocrangon aurantiaca Holthuis, 1971

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 : 427-428

Glyphocrangon aurantiaca Holthuis, 1971

Glyphocrangon aurantiaca Holthuis 1971 : Chace 1984: 6 (key); Komai 2004, 35, Fig. 2 a, b ; Vázquez-Bader & Gracia, 2013: 381 (key).

Material examined. 1 nd, off N La Tortuga Island , 11°13’48 ”N 65°13’11” W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 796, 501– 532 m depth, 10.vii.1988, ( USNM 256512 ); 1 nd, off NW La Tortuga Island , 11°17’N 65°30’W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 800, 640– 674 m depth, 08.vii.1988, ( USNN 256509 ); 21 females (18 ov.), 12 miles off N Guanta , Anzoátegui state, 10°25’00”N 64°35’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 490, 143– 154 m depth, 04.vi.1988, ( MMM-Crus-326 ); 2 ov. females, 20 miles off N La Tortuga Island , 11°13’48”N 65°13’12”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 796; 501–562 m depth, 07.ix.1988, ( MMM-crus-264 ); 9 ov. females, same location ( MMM-Crus-475 ); 1 female, 1 ov. female, 38 miles off N Los Caracas , La Guaira state, 11°10’12”N 66°34’12”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 811, 582– 592 m depth, 10.ix.1988, ( MMM-Crus-366 ); 1 nd, 20 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°36’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V st 742, 424– 452 m depth, 31.viii.1988, ( MMM-Crus-435 ) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. South of the Caribbean Sea and North of South America, between Tobago and French Guyana; 410-733 m depth ( Holthuis 1971; Chace 1984).

Remarks. There is a previous record from off N Los Testigos Archipelago, at 807–878 m depth ( Blanco Rambla et al. 1994). The report from Guanta (MMM-Crus-326) at 143–154 m depth is the shallowest for G. aurantiaca .

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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).