Rhomboarctus aslaki Hansen, Gallo D'Addabbo & Grimaldi
Description
104. Rhomboarctus aslaki Hansen, Gallo D’Addabbo & Grimaldi de Zio, 2003
Rhomboarctus aslaki sp. n. (Hansen et al. 2003)
Terra typica: Atlantic Ocean (Faroe Islands, Europe)
Atlantic Ocean:
• 61°17.78′N, 08°32.25′W / 61°18′N, 08°32′W; 249 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR Station 785, carbonate sand with basalt pebbles, fine shell sand. Hansen et al. (2003)
• 61°17.78′N, 08°32.25′W / 61°18′N, 08°32′W; 138.5 m bs l: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR Station 2019, carbonate sand with basalt pebbles, fine shell sand. Hansen et al. (2003)
• 61°17.66′N, 08°32.25′W / 61°18′N, 08°32′W; 260 m bsl: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR Station 627, carbonate sand with basalt pebbles, fine shell sand. Hansen et al. (2003)
• 61°12.33′N, 08°28.23′W / 61°12′N, 08°28′W; 148 m bsl: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR Station 786, carbonate sand with basalt pebbles, fine shell sand. Hansen et al. (2003)
• 61°12.0′N, 08°31′W / 61°12′N, 08°31′W; 200 m bsl: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Faroe Bank, BIOFAR Station 2011, carbonate sand with basalt pebbles, fine shell sand. Hansen et al. (2003)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 5; total: 5
Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 5; total: 5.
Remarks: This is a relatively recently described deep sea species known only from the type locality and a few neighbouring sites.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Halechiniscidae
- Genus
- Rhomboarctus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Arthrotardigrada
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Hansen, Gallo D'Addabbo & Grimaldi
- Species
- aslaki
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Hansen, J. G., D'Addabbo Gallo, M. & Grimaldi De Zio, S. (2003) A comparison of morphological characters within the genus Rhomboarctus (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) with the description of two new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger, (242) 1, 83 - 96. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1078 / 0044 - 5231 - 00089