Hedgpethia atlantica (Stock, 1970)

Fig. 2, Table 1

Rhopalorhynchus atlanticum Stock, 1970: 7–9, 9 [key], figs 8–13.

Rhopalorhynchus atlanticum – Rack 1971: 113. –– Arnaud 1987: 51–52. — Stock 1987: 508–509, 517 [text], fig. 12.

Hedgpethia atlantica – Stock 1991a: 166 [text]; 1991b: 138. — Turpaeva 1993: 22 [text]. — Munilla & Soler-Membrives 2014: 218–220 [“ Hedgpthetia (sic) atlantica ”], fig. 120. — Soler-Membrives & Munilla 2015: 11, 16 [text], tab. 2. — Staples 2019: 433 [text].

Type material (not examined)

Holotype

NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC • ♀; Josephine Bank; 36°40.7′ N, 14°15.5′ W; depth 211–241 m; 1 Jul. 1967; Meteor stn 120; ZMH-A50168.

Distribution and depth range

Eastern North Atlantic (West to Galicia, Portugal and Tanger), including Josephine Bank (type locality), and across the Gibraltar Strait east to the Île du Levant, Hyères (Mediterranean French coast). Minimal known depth range 100–1110 m.