Limopsis vaginata Dall 1891

Limopsis vaginata Dall, 1891 (Fig. 2 U, V) Limopsis vaginata Dall, 1891: 190. Material examined: 12 specimens from the ocean and sea slopes of Paramushir, Onekotan, and Iturup Islands and from the Fourth Kuril Strait (400– 1,060 m). Distribution: Kuril Islands, Fourth Kuril Strait; Bering Sea; Commander Islands; Aleutian Islands; Pribilof Islands and Bowers Bank, Alaska; (144– 3,357 m) (Scarlato 1981; Coan, Valentich-Scott & Bernard 2000; Kantor & Sysoev 2005). Remarks: This is a new record from the region of the Kuril Islands. This species was previously assumed to be endemic to the Bering Sea (Scarlato 1981). The finding of Limopsis vaginata Dall, 1891, off the Kuril Islands significantly extends its range southward along the Kuril Islands to Iturup.