Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980

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182. Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallas, 1980

Echiniscoides hoepneri sp. n. ( Kristensen & Hallas 1980)

Echiniscoides hoepneri ( Faurby et al. 2011)

Echiniscoides hoepneri Kristensen & Hallis, 1980 (Miller et al. 2014) Terra typica: Baffin Bay ( Greenland, Arctic)

Atlantic Ocean:

• 64°08′N, 21°56′W [64°07′N, 21°56′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] Iceland, Greater Reykjavík (Capital Region), Reykajavik, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)

• 62°00′N, 06°47′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] Faroe Islands, Thorshavn, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)

Baffin Bay:

• 69°15′N, 53°33′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] West Greenland, Disko Island, Godhavn [Qeqertarsuaq], intertidal, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011)

• 69°15′N, 53°31′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] Type Locality: West Greenland, Disko Island, Godhavn [Qeqertarsuaq], Sorte Sand, 10 cm above mean water level, barnacles ( Balanus balanoides ) on rocks. Kristensen & Hallas (1980)

• 69°13′N, 51°06′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] West Greenland, Disko Bay, Ilulissat, intertidal, upper and lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)

• 68°43′N, 52°52′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] Greenland, Egedesminde [Aasiaat], barnacles ( Balanus balanoides ). Kristensen & Hallas (1980)

Greenland Sea:

• 65°45′N, 19°38′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO27] Iceland, Norðurland vestra (Northwestern Region), near Sauðárkrókur, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)

Labrador Sea:

• 64°10′N, 51°44′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] Greenland, Godthåb [Nuuk], barnacles ( Balanus balanoides ). Kristensen & Hallas (1980)

• 60°55′N, 48°03′W [60°55′N, 46°03′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO21] South Greenland, Sermersooq Municipality, Narsaq, intertidal, lower barnacle zone, barnacles. Faurby et al. (2011, 2012)

Pacific Ocean:

• 36°58′27′′N, 122°01′51′′W [34°03′N, 119°43′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO77] USA, California State, Santa Barbara County, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Island, intertidal barnacles and tide pool shell fragments, debris, gravel, and sand. Miller et al. (2014)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 2, Baffin Bay: 4, Greenland Sea: 1, Labrador Sea: 2, Pacific Ocean: 1; total: 10.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO21: 6, FAO27: 3, FAO77: 1; total: 10.

Remarks: This species is known only from high latitude, cold water sites in the northern hemisphere, the exception being a recent report for California, which needs confirmation. Echiniscoides hoepneri is a parasite of barnacles ( Balanus balanoides ) ( Kristensen & Hallas 1980).