Lepechinella helgii, HELGII 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 : 1107-1109

LEPECHINELLA HELGII THURSTON, 1980

Lepechinella helgii Thurston, 1980: 70–73 , figs 1–3. — Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 269.

Type locality: North Atlantic , Iceland Basin, 59°58.6’N, 19°58.2’W, 2714 m (Discovery station 7709#73) .

Material examined: DZMB-HH 56117 , one specimen, IceAGE, ME 85-3, station 983, Iceland Basin , South Iceland, North Atlantic (60°21.440’N, 18°08.140’W to 60°02.730’N, 18°08.510’W), 2567.7 m, 30 August 2011. Remarks: Thurston (1980) collected 252 specimens from five stations below 2600 m, the recent IceAGE collection added a single specimen from the Iceland Basin .

Depth range: 2568 to 2714 m.

Distribution: Iceland Basin ( Thurston, 1980; present study) ( Fig. 8B ; Tables 1, 2).

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Figure 8. Distribution of: A, Lepechinella grimi; B, Lepechinella helgii. Numbers indicate stations codes (see Table 2 for station details), the arrows indicate the type localities.