Lepechinella grimi, GRIMI THURSTON, 1980

Lörz, Anne-Nina, Brix, Saskia, Jażdżewska, Anna M. & Hughes, Lauren Elizabeth, 2020, Diversity and distribution of North Atlantic Lepechinellidae (Amphipoda: Crustacea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190, pp. 1095-1122 : 1107

LEPECHINELLA GRIMI THURSTON, 1980

Lepechinella grimi Thurston, 1980: 73–78 , figs 4–6. — Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 269.

Type locality: North Atlantic , Iceland Basin, 60°07.5’N, 19°26.6’W, 2646 m (Discovery station 7709#72) .

Material examined: DZMB-HH 31341 , one specimen, IceAGE, ME 85-3, station 963, Iceland Basin , South Iceland, North Atlantic (60°02.73’N, 021°28.06’W to 60°02.73’N, 021°29.88’W), 2749 m, 28 August 2011; ZMH-K 56640, one specimen; ZMH-K 56628, one specimen, IceAGE ME 85-3, station 967, Iceland Basin , South Iceland, North Atlantic (60°02.770’N, 21°28.540’W to 0°02.780’N, 21°30.070’W), 2750.4 m, 28 August 2011 .

Remarks: The three individuals collected here increase the known specimens of L. grimi to 24 specimens, collected across seven stations.

Depth range: 2646 to 2750 m.

Distribution: Iceland Basin ( Thurston, 1980; present study) ( Fig. 8A , Tables 1, 2).

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Figure 8. Distribution of: A, Lepechinella grimi; B, Lepechinella helgii. Numbers indicate stations codes (see Table 2 for station details), the arrows indicate the type localities.