Halophytophilus lopheliae, Gheerardyn, Hendrik, Seifried, Sybille & Vanreusel, Ann, 2008

Gheerardyn, Hendrik, Seifried, Sybille & Vanreusel, Ann, 2008, A new species of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 1761, pp. 1-16 : 3

Halophytophilus lopheliae sp. nov.

Type locality: North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc01-1205 ( Belgica Cruise 01/12), 51°25.9290’N 11°46.2717’W, 880 m, collected on 7 May 2001.

Type material: (a) From type locality (sample of underlying sediment): holotype female, dissected on 12 slides ( COP 7013); allotype male, dissected on 9 slides ( COP 7014); paratype 1 is one female dissected on 6 slides ( COP 7015); paratype 2 is one female dissected on 8 slides ( COP 7016); 2 female paratypes preserved in 75% alcohol ( COP 7017).

(b) From type locality (sample of dead coral fragment): paratype 3 is one female dissected on 12 slides ( COP 7018); paratype 4 is one female dissected on 7 slides ( COP 7019); paratype 5 is one female dissected on 9 slides ( COP 7020); paratype 6 is one male dissected on 5 slides ( COP 7021); 1 male and 3 female paratypes preserved in 75% alcohol ( COP 7022).

Additional material: (a) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc00-1605 ( Belgica Cruise 00/16), 51°24.824’N 11°45.932’W, 1000 m, collected on 17 June 2000: one male dissected on 5 slides ( COP 7023) and 4 females and 4 males preserved in 75% alcohol ( COP 7024), sampled from dead coral fragment; one male preserved in 75% alcohol ( COP 7025), sampled from underlying sediment.

(b) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc00-1604 ( Belgica Cruise 00/16), 51°24.802’N 11°45.924’W, 1005 m, glass sponge skeleton, collected on 17 June 2000: 2 males preserved in 75% alcohol ( COP 7026).

(c) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc01-1205 ( Belgica Cruise 01/12), 51°25.9290’N 11°46.2717’W, 880 m, sample of dead coral fragment, collected on 7 May 2001: 2 females and 1 male preserved in 75% alcohol (first author’s collection).

(d) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc03-1304b ( Belgica Cruise 03/13), 51°23.454’N 11°39.901’W, 646 m, sediment sample of upper first centimetre (from boxcore without coral fragments), collected on 25 May 2003: 1 male preserved in 75% alcohol (first author’s collection).

Etymology: The specific name refers to the peculiar substrate on which the species was found, namely dead fragments of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa ( Linnaeus, 1758) .