Haploniscus hamatus Lincoln, 1985

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 hamatus Lincoln, 1985

Haploniscus hamatus Lincoln, 1985b: 666 –669, figs 5–6. — Kussakin 1988: 381–383, fig. 323.— Kavanagh 2009: 30.

Material examined. BIOICE stn. 2859, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 August 1995, 61°5022N, 16°5286W, 2270 m, 2.37°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37021).

Remarks. Only a single specimen was collected of H. hamatus , being found in the Iceland Basin at depth of 2270 m ( Fig. 10 A, square). Previous reports of the species are from the Rockall Trough and the Wyville-Thompson Ridge at depths from 900 to 2925 m ( Lincoln 1985b; Kavanagh 2009).

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FIGURE 10. Distribution of haploniscid species around Iceland (BIOICE localities): A, Haploniscus astraphes n. sp. (dot), H. ampliatus (triangle) and H. hamatus (square); B, H. aduncus; C, H. angustus.