Lepechinella skarphedini, SKARPHEDINI THURSTON, 1980

Lörz, Anne-Nina, Brix, Saskia, Jażdżewska, Anna M. & Hughes, Lauren Elizabeth, 2020, Diversity and distribution of North Atlantic Lepechinellidae (Amphipoda: Crustacea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190, pp. 1095-1122 : 1110

LEPECHINELLA SKARPHEDINI THURSTON, 1980

Lepechinella skarphedini Thurston, 1980: 78–81 , figs 7–9. — Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 269.

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. 9A ; Tables 1, 2).

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Figure 9. Distribution of: A, Lepechinella skarphedini (star); B, Lepechinella chrysotheras (rhomb), Lepechinelloides karii (star), Lepesubchela christinae (circle). Numbers indicate stations codes (see Table 1 for station details), the arrows indicate the type localities.