A new deepwater species of Calliopiidae, Halirages helgae (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with a synoptic table to Halirages species from the northeast Atlantic

Halirages helgae sp. nov. is recorded from the shelf slopes of the Norwegian Sea at depths of 1000 to 2600 m in the Arctic cold water masses. A total of 50 specimens were found at five stations. The species differs from other known species in the genus Halirages Boeck, 1871 by the bilobed posterior...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:European Journal of Taxonomy
Main Authors: Halldis Ringvold, Anne Helene Solberg Tandberg
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2014
Subjects:
Amphipoda
Calliopiidae
MAREANO
northeast Atlantic
Norwegian Sea
Zoology
QL1-991
Botany
QK1-989
Arctic
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.98
https://doaj.org/article/8230f51eef724417b5a424fbe3481e77
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Summary:Halirages helgae sp. nov. is recorded from the shelf slopes of the Norwegian Sea at depths of 1000 to 2600 m in the Arctic cold water masses. A total of 50 specimens were found at five stations. The species differs from other known species in the genus Halirages Boeck, 1871 by the bilobed posterior margin of pereonite 7. A synoptic table to the northeast Atlantic species of Halirages is provided.

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