Lepesubchela christinae, CHRISTINAE JOHANSEN & VADER, 2015

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 : 1118

LEPESUBCHELA CHRISTINAE JOHANSEN & VADER, 2015

Lepesubchela christinae Johansen & Vader, 2015: 28–32 , figs 17–19.

Type locality: North Atlantic , south of Faeroe Islands, 59°40.4’N, 09°20.6’W, 1414 m .

Remarks: Lepesubchela christinae was not encountered in the IceAGE collections. This species is only known from the holotype specimen, a 4 mm individual that is here assumed to be a juvenile based on the comparatively small body size.

Depth range: 1414 m.

Distribution: south-west of the Faeroes ( Johansen & Vader, 2015) ( Fig. 9B ; 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.