Haploniscus foresti Chardy, 1974

Brökeland, Wiebke & Svavarsson, Jörundur, 2017, Distribution of haploniscids (Isopoda, Asellota, Haploniscidae) in Icelandic waters, with description of Haploniscus astraphes n. sp. from the Iceland basin and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 4231 (3), pp. 301-326 : 319

Haploniscus foresti Chardy, 1974

Haploniscus foresti Chardy, 1974: 497 –498, figs 1–2.— Lincoln 1985b: 669 –673, figs 7–8.—Kussakin 1988: 399–402, fig. 338.— Kavanagh 2009: 30.

Material examined. BIOICE stn. 2704, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 20 September 1994, 63°5050N, 27°4280W, 1295 m, 3.80°C, 10 specimens (IMNH 37002); BIOICE stn. 2856, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 August 1995, 62°2050N, 16°5930W, 2074 m, 2.34°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37003); BIOICE stn. 2859, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 August 1995, 61°5022N, 16°5286W, 2270 m, 2.37°C, 36 specimens (IMNH 37004); BIOICE stn. 2860, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 August 1995, 61°4343N, 16°5748W, 2295 m, 2.60°C, 55 specimens (IMNH 37005); BIOICE stn. 2863, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 August 1995, 61°1018N, 18°0257W, 2400 m, 2.07°C, 19 specimens (IMNH 37006); BIOICE stn. 3012, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 7 July 1997, 61°2220N, 15°1898W, 2133 m, 3.29°C, 7 specimens (IMNH 37007); BIOICE stn. 3075, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 13 July 1997, 62°0019N, 15°5997W, 2192 m, 3.07°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37008); BIOICE stn. 3164, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 26 July 2000, 61°4260N, 22°5750W, 1741 m, 2.79°C, 20 specimens (IMNH 37009); BIOICE stn. 3167, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 26 July 2000, 60°5488N, 22°4726W, 1897 m, 2.98°C, 19 specimens (IMNH 37010); BIOICE stn. 3187, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 10 August 2000, 62°0904N, 27°0074W, 1327 m, 3.99°C, 2 specimens (IMNH 37011); BIOICE stn. 3264, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 13 September 2001, 62°2480N, 19°4860W, 1780 m, 2.95°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37012); BIOICE stn. 3504, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 20 September 2002, 62°0146N, 19°4915W, 1733 m, 3.09°C, 28 specimens (IMNH 37013); BIOICE stn. 3509, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 September 2002, 62°0240N, 19°3871W, 1678 m, 2.70°C, 203 specimens (IMNH 37014); BIOICE stn. 3514, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2002, 62°2559N, 19°4615W, 1780 m, 2.93°C, 893 specimens (IMNH 37015); BIOICE stn. 3515, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2002, 62°2220N, 18°2335W, 1331 m, 3.77°C, 3 specimens (IMNH 37016); BIOICE stn. 3522, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 7 September 2002, 62°3114N, 17°0987W, 1940 m, 2.34°C, 7 specimens (IMNH 37017); BIOICE stn. 3570, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2003, 63°4271N, 29°1036W, 1819 m, 3.24°C, 28 specimens (IMNH 37018); BIOICE stn. 3571, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 5 September 2003, 63°3022N, 29°3840W, 2233 m, 3.14°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37019); BIOICE stn. 3579, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 6 September 2003, 63°0442N, 28°2639W, 1796 m, 3.42°C, 41 specimens (IMNH 37020).

Remarks. New records of Haploniscus foresti include 19 samples collected in the Iceland Basin and the Irminger Basin at depths between 1295 and 2400 m ( Fig. 11 B, Table 1). Previous records of H. foresti are from the Rockall Trough, the Rockall Plateau (type locality, Chardy 1974) and the Porcupine Seabight and at the depth range of 1632 and 3697 m ( Lincoln 1985b; Kavanagh 2009). The BIOICE samples extend the known range of the species to nearly 64°N and 29°W.

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FIGURE 11. Distribution of haploniscid species around Iceland (BIOICE localities): A, H. bicuspis; B, H. foresti; C, H. spinifer.