Rhomboarctus aslaki Hansen, Gallo D’Addabbo & Grimaldi

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 99

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.