Echiniscoides sigismundi hispaniensis Kristensen & Hallas, 1980

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187. Echiniscoides sigismundi hispaniensis Kristensen & Hallas, 1980

Echiniscoides sigismundi hispaniensis subsp. n. ( Kristensen & Hallas 1980) Terra typica : Atlantic Ocean ( Spain, Europe)

Adriatic Sea:

• 42°06 ′ N, 15°29′E; 10 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, southern area of San Domino Island, in the proximity of Punta Zio Cesare, submarine cave Grotta delle Viole, external cave’s entrance, coarse organogenic detritus. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2001), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

Alboran Sea:

• 35°11′N, 02°26′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Morocco, Chafarinas Islands, Isable II Island [ Isla Isabel II], midlittoral pool. Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio (1996)

• 35°11′N, 02°25′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO37] Morocco, Chafarinas Islands, Rey Francisco Island [ Isla del Rey], midlittoral pool. Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio (1996)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 43°21′N, 08°15′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] Type Locality: Spain, Coruña Province, near La Coruña, Sada, mid-tidal zone on sandy beach, barnacles (Eliminius modestus) from stone. Kristensen & Hallas (1980)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Adriatic Sea: 1, Alboran Sea: 2, Atlantic Ocean: 1; total: 4.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO27: 1, FAO37: 3; total: 4.

Remarks: The original description of this subspecies was from the Atlantic coast of Spain from barnacles in the mid-tidal zone. Later references include warm waters of the Mediterranean, where it has been collected in sand down to 10 m bsl (see also remarks for Echiniscoides s. sigismundi ).