Haploniscus ampliatus Lincoln, 1985

Brökeland, Wiebke & Svavarsson, Jörundur, 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), pp. 301-326 : 314

Haploniscus ampliatus Lincoln, 1985

Haploniscus ampliatus Lincoln, 1985b: 663 –666, figs 3–4.—Kussakin 1988: 371–373, fig. 317.— Kavanagh 2009: 28 –29.

Material examined. BIOICE stn. 3573, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 5 September 2003, 63°2249N, 29°5485W, 2359 m, 3.06°C, 4 specimens (IMNH 36861).

Remarks. Haploniscus ampliatus was collected only at a single station west of Iceland in the Irmiger Basin at 2359 m ( Fig. 10 A, triangle). Previous records of H. ampliatus are from a cluster of stations off the northern edge of the Porcupine Bank and to the north in the Iceland Basin, at 2636–2925 m ( Lincoln 1985b).

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FIGURE 10. Distribution of haploniscid species around Iceland (BIOICE localities): A, Haploniscus astraphes n. sp. (dot), H. ampliatus (triangle) and H. hamatus (square); B, H. aduncus; C, H. angustus.