Echiniscoides hoepneri sp. n. (Kristensen & Hallas 1980)
Echiniscoides hoepneri (Faurby et al. 2011)
Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallis, 1980 (Miller et al. 2014) Terra typica: Baffin Bay (Greenland, Arctic)
Atlantic Ocean:
• 64 °08′N, 21 ° 56 ′W [64 °07′N, 21 ° 56 ′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] Iceland, Greater Reykjavík (Capital Region), Reykajavik, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)
• 62 °00′N, 06° 47 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] Faroe Islands, Thorshavn, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)
Baffin Bay:
• 69 ° 15 ′N, 53 ° 33 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] West Greenland, Disko Island, Godhavn [Qeqertarsuaq], intertidal, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011)
• 69 ° 15 ′N, 53 ° 31 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] Type Locality: West Greenland, Disko Island, Godhavn [Qeqertarsuaq], Sorte Sand, 10 cm above mean water level, barnacles (Balanus balanoides) on rocks. Kristensen & Hallas (1980)
• 69 ° 13 ′N, 51 °06′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] West Greenland, Disko Bay, Ilulissat, intertidal, upper and lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)
• 68 ° 43 ′N, 52 ° 52 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] Greenland, Egedesminde [Aasiaat], barnacles (Balanus balanoides). Kristensen & Hallas (1980)
Greenland Sea:
• 65 ° 45 ′N, 19 ° 38 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 27] Iceland, Norðurland vestra (Northwestern Region), near Sauðárkrókur, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)
Labrador Sea:
• 64 ° 10 ′N, 51 ° 44 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] Greenland, Godthåb [Nuuk], barnacles (Balanus balanoides). Kristensen & Hallas (1980)
• 60 ° 55 ′N, 48 °03′W [60 ° 55 ′N, 46 °03′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO 21] South Greenland, Sermersooq Municipality, Narsaq, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)
Pacific Ocean:
• 36 ° 58 ′ 27 ′′N, 122 °01′ 51 ′′W [34 °03′N, 119 ° 43 ′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO 77] USA, California State, Santa Barbara County, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Island, intertidal barnacles and tide pool shell fragments, debris, gravel, and sand. Miller et al. (2014)
Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 2, Baffin Bay: 4, Greenland Sea: 1, Labrador Sea: 2, Pacific Ocean: 1; total: 10.
Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 21: 6, FAO 27: 3, FAO 77: 1; total: 10.
Remarks: This species is known only from high latitude, cold water sites in the northern hemisphere, the exception being a recent report for California, which needs confirmation. Echiniscoides hoepneri is a parasite of barnacles (Balanus balanoides) (Kristensen & Hallas 1980).