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Haploniscus hamatus Lincoln 1985

Description

Haploniscus hamatus Lincoln, 1985

Haploniscus hamatus Lincoln, 1985b: 666 –669, figs 5–6. Kussakin 1988: 381–383, fig. 323.— Kavanagh 2009: 30.

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 37021).

Remarks. Only a single specimen was collected of H. hamatus, being found in the Iceland Basin at depth of 2270 m (Fig. 10 A, square). Previous reports of the species are from the Rockall Trough and the Wyville-Thompson Ridge at depths from 900 to 2925 m (Lincoln 1985b; Kavanagh 2009).

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 319, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/291346

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Haploniscidae
Genus
Haploniscus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Isopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lincoln
Species
hamatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Haploniscus hamatus 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.