Glyphocrangon aculeata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

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 : 426

Glyphocrangon aculeata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881

Glyphocrangon aculeata — Holthuis 1971: 323, Fig. 10; Chace 1984: 6 (key); Komai 2004: 32, Figs. 1a, b ; Vázquez-Bader & Gracia 2013: 371 ; Alves-Junior et al. 2017: 5 , Fig. 2a .

Material examined. 1 female, 25 miles off N Testigos Archipelago, 11°45’00”N 63°05’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R / V st 743, 807–828 m depth, 31.viii.1988, (MMM-Crus-0361) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. From USA (North Carolina) to Brazil (Pernambuco), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea ( Holthuis, 1971); 707–1760 m depth ( Holthuis 1971; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Previous records in Venezuela: Falcón state, La Orchila Island, 1051–1174 m: ( Holthuis 1971) and Los Testigos Archipelago, 807–878 m depth ( Blanco Rambla et al. 1994).

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).