Parharpinia

Parharpinia? rotundifrons K.H. Barnard, 1932

Barnard K.H., 1932: 7, 11, 16, 104, fig. 53. (Parharpinia rotundifrons). Stephensen, 1947: 44–45, fig. 17. (Pontharpinia? rotundifrons). Barnard J.L., 1958a: 146 (by implication). (Paraphoxus rotundifrons). Barnard J.L., 1958b: 118. (Paraphoxus rotundifrons).

Barnard J.L., 1960: 186, 195, 271, 278, 290. (Paraphoxus rotundifrons). Thurston, 1974a: 2, 9, 21, 108, 111, 114, 117, 133, fig. 8a, b, app. A, B, C. (Parharpinia rotundifrons). Barnard and Drummond, 1976: 529. (Unclear species of “Paraphoxus”). Lowry and Bullock, 1976: 127. (Paraphoxus rotundifrons). Barnard and Drummond, 1978: 32, 146.

Barnard and Barnard, 1990: 106.

Rauschert, 1991: 21, 38, 40. (Paraphoxus rotundifrons).

Barnard and Karaman, 1991: 636.

JaŻdŻewski et al., 1992: 465, 470. (“ Parharpinia ” rotundifrons). De Broyer and JaŻdŻewski, 1993: 84.

Distribution: W + G

South Georgia: “Discovery” 1925–1927, Cumberland East Bay, sta. 39, [54°17’S 36°26’W], 179–235 m (bottom: grey mud; gear: large otter trawl); sta. 141, 17– 27 m (bottom: mud; gear: small beam trawl); “William Scoresby” 1926–1927, Undine Harbour, sta. WS 25, [54°02’S 37°58’W], 18–27 m (bottom: mud, sand; gear: small beam trawl) (KHB 32).

South Orkney Islands: Signy Island, Borge Bay, [60°43’S 45°37’W], littoral- 20 m (bottom: sand, gravel, rocks; gear: spot dives, anchor dredge, Agassiz trawl); Paal Harbour, [60°43’S 45°36’W], 20–25 m (bottom: mudy sand; gear: anchor dredge) (MHT 74a).

South Sandwich Islands: Visokoi Island, [56°42’S 27°12’W], 10–17 m (KS 47).

South Shetland Islands: Deception Island, [62°57’S 60°38’W], (KS 47); King George Island, 62°11’– 14’S 58°52’–58’W, 7 m (bottom: sand; gear: dredge (MR 91); Admiralty Bay, [62°00’S 58°30’W], 4–30 m (gear: SCUBA, Tvärminne sampler) (KJ et al. 92).

Depth range: 0– 235 m.

Type-locality: South Georgia: “Discovery” 1925–1927, Cumberland East Bay, sta. 39, [54°17’S 36°26’W], 179–235 m (bottom: grey mud; gear: large otter trawl) (KHB 32).

Ecology: Collected from mud, sandy bottoms.

Type material location: NHM, London.

Remarks: See remarks under Parharpinia? obliqua. Parharpinia? rotundifrons can be distinguished from P.? obliqua principally by the shape and setation of epimeron 3 posterior margin.