Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards 1881

Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881: 9; Crosnier & Forest 1973: 189, Fig. 61a; Chace 1985: 2628; Blanco Rambla et al. 1994: 37, Fig. 7; Poupin 2018: 127. Material examined. 1 nd, NW Puerto Cumarebo, Falcón state, 11°42’N 69°28’W, Fridtjof Nansen R / V st 1152, 79 – 84 m depth, 12.ii.1988, (USNM 256505); 1 male, 1 female, 16 miles off NW Puerto Cumarebo, Falcón state 11°42’00”N 69°28’12”W, Fritjof Nansen R / V st 1152, 7984 m depth, 3.xii.1988, (MMM-Crus-0273); 1 ov. female, 2 males, 230 miles off N Macanao, Margarita Island, 11°31’00”N 64°12’00”W, Fritjof Nansen R / V st 1101, 397 – 406 m depth, 24.xi.1988, (MMM-Crus-0262). Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: from USA (North Carolina) to Brazil (Rio de Janeirol); Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Southwest Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean; 88 - 885 m depth (Cardoso et al. 2020). Remarks. Previous record of the species in Venezuela: off NE La Tortuga Island; NW Los Testigos Archipelago; off N Caruao, La Guaira state, 355–426 m depth (Blanco Rambla et al. 1994).