Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards 1881

Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Acanthephyra armata A. Milne-Edwards, 1881: 12; Bullis & Thompson 1965: 7; Chace 1986: 10; Crosnier 1987: 697; Blanco Rambla et al. 1994: 36, Fig. 4b; Pequegnat & Wicksten 2006: 95; Felder et al. 2009: 1052. Material examined. 1 nd, 22 miles NE of Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°39’N 62°53’, R /V Fridtjof Nansen st 457: 520–640 m depth, 30.v.1988, (USNM 256519); 3 nd, 22 miles NW of la Tortuga Island, 11°17’N 65°30’W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 800, 640– 674 m depth, 7.viii.1988, (USNM 256524); 1 ov. female, 22 miles off NE Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°39’N 62°52’48”W, Fridtjof Nansen R/V st 457: 520–540 m depth, 4.v.1988, (MMM-Crus-0317); 3 males, 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-471). Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Atlantic Ocean: From USA (Louisiana, Florida, Albany), Gulf of Mexico, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles (Saint Lucia), Venezuela, Brazil (Potiguar Basin). Indian Ocean: South Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Sea, India. Indo-Pacific Ocean: Japan, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands and Polynesia; 365–2880 m depth (Alves-Junior et al. 2016). Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela: 5 miles off N Los Testigos Archipelago, 807–878 m depth (Blanco Rambla et al. 1994).