AMPHIPODS OF THE COLD SEEP COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH BARBADOS ACCRETIONARY PRISM

During the mission DIAPISUB, three dives of the submersible ''Nautile' ' on the Barbados accretionary prism made it possible to collect eight species of amphipods around cold seeps, at depths between 1654 and 19 51 m, viz., Sennaia bidactyla (Eurisidae); Leucothoe ayrtonia (Leucoth oidae); Orenoqueia serrata, Stephonyx carinatus, Stephonyx incertus, a nd Tryphosella uristesi (Lysianassidae); ?Harpinia intermedia and Proh arpinia barbada (Phoxocephalidae). All these species are new to scienc e, two belonging to new genera, Sennaia and Orenoqueia.