Glyphocrangon neglecta Faxon, 1896

Glyphocrangon neglecta Faxon, 1896 View in CoL

Glyphocrangon neglecta Faxon 1896: 159 View in CoL , Pl. 1, Figs. 5, 6; Holthuis 1971: 319, Fig. 9; Chace 1984: 6 (key); Blanco Rambla et al. 1994: 42, Fig. 10e, f; Komai 2004: 37, Fig. 3a, b View FIGURE 3 ; Vázquez-Bader & Gracia 2013: 381 (key).

Material examined. 3 nd, off NE off Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°36’N 62°53’W, 424–452 m depth, 31.viii.1988, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 742, ( USNM 256510 About USNM ); GoogleMaps 2 nd, off NE of La Tortuga Island , 11°13’N 65°13’W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 796, 424– 452 m depth, 10.vii.1988, ( USNM 256508 About USNM ); GoogleMaps 1 male, 1 ov. female, 20 miles off N La Tortuga Island , 11°13’48”N 65°13’12”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 796, 143–154 m depth, 4.vi.1988, ( MMM-Crus-0258 ); GoogleMaps 1 female, 1 male, 22 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°39’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 457, 520–640 m depth, 30.v.1988, ( MMM-Crus-0265 ); GoogleMaps 4 females, 1 ov female and 2 nd 16 miles off NW Puerto Cumarebo , Falcón state, 11°42’00”N 69°28’12”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 1152, 79–84 m depth, 03.xii.1988, ( MMM-Crus-0263- MMM-Crus-440 ); GoogleMaps 3 ov. females, 20 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago , 11°36’00”N 62°52’48”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 742, 424–452 m depth 31.viii.1988, ( MMM-Crus-0324 ) GoogleMaps .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Only in the southern Caribbean Sea (south of 17°30’N) and along the N of the coast of South America , from Panama to Suriname including the Caribbean Sea: South of Jamaica, offshore of Montserrat, Grenada, Colombia and Venezuela, 365–1050 m depth ( Holthuis 1971).

Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela: Off Falcón state ( Holthuis 1971); Los Testigos Archipelago ( Holthuis 1971; Blanco Rambla et al. 1994); La Tortuga Island, between 384 and 878 m depth ( Blanco Rambla et al. 1994).