Lepechinella skarphedini SKARPHEDINI THURSTON 1980
- Dataset
- Diversity and distribution of North Atlantic Lepechinellidae (Amphipoda: Crustacea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Dexaminidae
- genus
- Lepechinella
- species
- Lepechinella skarphedini
materials_examined
Type locality: North Atlantic, Iceland Basin, 60 ° 7.5 ’ N, 19 ° 32.4 ’ W, 2646 m (Discovery station 7709 # 72). Material examined: DZMB-HH 52661, one specimen; ZMH-K 56639, one specimen, IceAGE, ME 85 - 3, station 1054, Irminger Basin, south Iceland, North Atlantic (61 ° 36.19 ’ N, 031 ° 22.60 ’ W to 61 ° 36.97 ’ N, 031 ° 22.18 ’ W), 2537.3 m, 7 September 2011. Remarks: The two specimens collected here provide additional records of L. skarphedini, extending the known distribution further north from the Iceland Basin to the Irminger Basin. Depth range: 2450 to 2537 m. Distribution: Irminger Basin (present study) and Iceland Basin (Thurston, 1980) (Fig. 9 A; Tables 1, 2).