A new species of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: GHEERARDYN, HENDRIK, SEIFRIED, SYBILLE, VANREUSEL, ANN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2008
• Subjects: Crustacea; Ectinosomatidae; Halophytophilus lopheliae; systematics; deep sea; Lophelia pertusa; Seta; Porcupine Seabight
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1761.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1761.1.1

The first deep-sea representative of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 is described from samples of dead cold-water coral fragments, glass sponge skeletons and underlying sediment collected from the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic). Halophytophilus lopheliae sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congener...