Haploniscus astraphes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Janiroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Subordo: Asellota Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Haploniscus astraphes Brökeland & Svavarsson, 2017

Type locality: Guinea Basin, southeast Atlantic

Holotype: ZMH K-42450, DIVA2-HA307, male stage V, 1.01 mm, RV Meteor, M63/2, DIVA 2 expedition, EBS station 89-6, 0°42.95’N, 5°31.29’W, 5142 m.

Paratypes:

ZMH K-42451, DIVA2-HA308, 1 manca stage III, same locality as holotype.
ZMH K-42502, DIVA2-HA515, 1 male stage V, 1.04 mm, DIVA2-HA414, 1 female stage IV or V, 1.06 mm, DIVA2-HA415, 1 manca stage III, 0.92 mm, EBS station 90-7, 0°40.49’N, 5°29.71’W, 5142 m, Guinea Basin.
ZMH K-42503, DIVA2-HA153, 1 female stage IV or V, 1.24 mm, EBS station 45-3, 9°53.76’S, 0°53.60’E, 5657 m, Angola Basin.
IMNH 10370, BIOICE station 2909, RV Bjarni Sæmundsson, North Atlantic: 2 females stage IV or V, 1.25 and 1.09 mm, RP sled, 65°15.61’N, 28°50.15’W, 1300 m, 25 August 1996, 3.96°C, Denmark Strait, south of Greenland-Iceland Ridge.

Brökeland, W. & Svavarsson, J. 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. Zootaxa 4231(3): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [original description: p. 303-314; figs. 1-9]

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