Description

Distribution This meso- to bathypelagic species shows a panoceanic distribution, mainly occurring in tropical to temperate regions, also found in the Bering Sea, Antarctica, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, off Madagascar, 66 ° N – 64 ° S, depth range 200 – 4829 m (Springer & Bullis 1956; Astthorsson 1987; Petryashov 1993, 2005 a, 2005 b; Ariani & Wittmann 2005; Fukuoka 2009; Price et al. 2009; Burnham 2015; San Vicente 2010, 2016). This species will be reported by Wittmann (in press) from material taken by the “ Valdivia ” Expedition in the Angola Basin. See Discussion for a biogeographical assessment of the new records from 5161 – 5430 m bottom depth in the Angola Basin.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Lophogastrida

Family: Eucopiidae

Genus: Eucopia

Species: Eucopia grimaldii Nouvel, 1942