Halophytophilus lopheliae Gheerardyn, Seifried & Vanreusel, 2008, sp. nov.
Description
Halophytophilus lopheliae sp. nov.
Type locality: North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc01-1205 (Belgica Cruise 01/12), 51°25.9290’N 11°46.2717’W, 880 m, collected on 7 May 2001.
Type material: (a) From type locality (sample of underlying sediment): holotype female, dissected on 12 slides (COP 7013); allotype male, dissected on 9 slides (COP 7014); paratype 1 is one female dissected on 6 slides (COP 7015); paratype 2 is one female dissected on 8 slides (COP 7016); 2 female paratypes preserved in 75% alcohol (COP 7017).
(b) From type locality (sample of dead coral fragment): paratype 3 is one female dissected on 12 slides (COP 7018); paratype 4 is one female dissected on 7 slides (COP 7019); paratype 5 is one female dissected on 9 slides (COP 7020); paratype 6 is one male dissected on 5 slides (COP 7021); 1 male and 3 female paratypes preserved in 75% alcohol (COP 7022).
Additional material: (a) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc00-1605 (Belgica Cruise 00/16), 51°24.824’N 11°45.932’W, 1000 m, collected on 17 June 2000: one male dissected on 5 slides (COP 7023) and 4 females and 4 males preserved in 75% alcohol (COP 7024), sampled from dead coral fragment; one male preserved in 75% alcohol (COP 7025), sampled from underlying sediment.
(b) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc00-1604 (Belgica Cruise 00/16), 51°24.802’N 11°45.924’W, 1005 m, glass sponge skeleton, collected on 17 June 2000: 2 males preserved in 75% alcohol (COP 7026).
(c) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc01-1205 (Belgica Cruise 01/12), 51°25.9290’N 11°46.2717’W, 880 m, sample of dead coral fragment, collected on 7 May 2001: 2 females and 1 male preserved in 75% alcohol (first author’s collection).
(d) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc03-1304b (Belgica Cruise 03/13), 51°23.454’N 11°39.901’W, 646 m, sediment sample of upper first centimetre (from boxcore without coral fragments), collected on 25 May 2003: 1 male preserved in 75% alcohol (first author’s collection).
Etymology: The specific name refers to the peculiar substrate on which the species was found, namely dead fragments of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758).
Other
Published as part of Gheerardyn, Hendrik, Seifried, Sybille & Vanreusel, Ann, 2008, A new species of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic), pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 1761 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181924Files
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.181924 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Ectinosomatidae
- Genus
- Halophytophilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Harpacticoida
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- lopheliae
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Halophytophilus lopheliae Gheerardyn, Seifried & Vanreusel, 2008
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii). Tomus 1: Regnum animale. Tenth Edition, Stockholm, 824 pp.