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Haploniscus aduncus Lincoln 1985

Description

Haploniscus aduncus Lincoln, 1985

Haploniscus aduncus Lincoln, 1985b: 682, fig. 15a–b. —Kussakin 1988: 380–381, fig. 322. Kavanagh 2009: 28.

Material examined. BIOICE stn. 2859, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 August 1995, 61°5022N, 16°5286W, 2270 m, 2.37°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 36851); BIOICE stn. 2860, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 August 1995, 61°4343N, 16°5748W, 2295 m, 2.60°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 36852); BIOICE stn. 3012, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 7 July 1997, 61°2220N, 15°1898W, 2133 m, 3.29°C, 3 specimens (IMNH 36853); BIOICE stn. 3075, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 13 July 1997, 62°0019N, 15°5997W, 2192 m, 3.07°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 36854); BIOICE stn. 3170, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 26 July 2000, 60°3395N, 22°0493W, 2350 m, 2.81°C, 4 specimens (IMNH 36855); BIOICE stn. 3176, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 July 2000, 60°0203N, 22°2717W, 2537 m, 5 specimens (IMNH 36856); BIOICE stn. 3181, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 July 2000, 60°5286N, 26°4772W, 1543 m, 3.53°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 36857); BIOICE stn. 3570, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2003, 63°4271N, 29°1036W, 1819 m, 3.24°C, 3 specimens (IMNH 36858); BIOICE stn. 3571, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 5 September 2003, 63°3022N, 29°3840W, 2233 m, 3.14°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 36859); BIOICE stn. 3576, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 6 September 2003, 63°1746N, 28°3439W, 1744 m, 3.70°C, 11 specimens (IMNH 36860).

Remarks. The only previous record of Haploniscus aduncus was from the type locality in the Iceland Basin (60°7.1´– 60°8.3’N, 19°30.3´– 19°24.8´W, 2636–2646 m, Lincoln 1985b). The new records of H. aduncus were in the Iceland Basin, to the west and the north of the type locality, and additionally from the Irmiger Basin, at depths between 1543 and 2537 m (Table 1, Fig. 10 B).

Notes

Published as part of Brökeland, Wiebke & Svavarsson, Jörundur, 2017, Distribution of haploniscids (Isopoda, Asellota, Haploniscidae) in Icelandic waters, with description of Haploniscus astraphes n. sp. from the Iceland basin and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean, pp. 301-326 in Zootaxa 4231 (3) on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/291346

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Biodiversity

Family
Haploniscidae
Genus
Haploniscus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lincoln
Species
aduncus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Haploniscus aduncus Lincoln, 1985 sec. Brökeland & Svavarsson, 2017

References

  • Lincoln, R. J. (1985 b) Deep-sea asellote isopods of the north-east Atlantic: the family Haploniscidae. Journal of Natural History, 19, 655 - 695.
  • Kavanagh, F. A. (2009) A catalogue of the Asellota (Crustacea: Isopoda) off the west coast of Ireland and Britain, from 100 - 5000 m. Bulletin of the Irish biogeographical Society, 33, 14 - 75.