Haptocallisoma abyssi Oldevig 1959, comb. nov.

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Horton, Tammy, Thurston, Michael H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Scopelocheiridae; Haptocallisoma; Haptocallisoma abyssi; Greenland; Greenland Sea; Norwegian Sea; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3512148; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B22687A67E39FFEEFF1369D3848EFD51

Haptocallisoma abyssi (Oldevig, 1959) comb. nov. Figs 9–14 Scopelocheirus abyssi Oldevig 1959: 16, figs 1–3.— Barnard & Karaman 1991: 528.— Vinogradov, Vereschchaka & Vinogradov 1996: 8.— Brandt 1997: 1540 (table 2). Paracallisoma abyssi .— Horton 2006: 20, table 2.— Horton, Thurston & Duffy 2013: 354.— Kilgallen & Lowry 2015: 22. Type material. Lectotype and 23 paralectotype specimens, maximum length about 15 mm, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, “ “Svenska Djupet” 77°39’N. 01°17’O. 3200 m, Biloculina-lera, bottent. –1°, 4. 27.7 1898. Svenska Spetsb.-Exp.” The material is in poor condition and no specimen is complete. A female specimen about 12 mm long and thought to be that used by Oldevig for his description is selected here as a lectotype. The dissected carcass of the lectotype is registered under Amphipoda Type no. 2343 with three slides of dissected parts under Amphipoda Type no. 5356, 5357 and 5362. The carcasses of paralectotype specimens ‘a–e’ are registered under Amphipoda Type no. 5351–5355 with associated slides registered under Amphipoda Type no. 5358–5361. Material examined. Type series: Greenland Sea, Boreas Basin. Swedish Spitzbergen Expedition, “Swedish Deep”, 27 July 1898, 77°39’N 01°17’E, 3200 m, lectotype and 23 paralectotype specimens. Additional material. Faroe-Shetland Channel. Station 57060#1, 11–13 August 2002, 61°39.16' N, 01º13.97' W, DEMAR, 1611 m, one adult female 13.9 mm (dissected carcass and four slides (NHMUK 2015. 2837)), one adult male 13.6 mm (one slide NHMUK 2015. 2838), four females, one immature male and four juveniles (NHMUK 2015. 2839–2847). Station 53979#1, 16–17 August 1996, 61°28.72’ 02°47.66’W, fish trap, 1396 m, two specimens. Norwegian Sea. Midnatssol Exploration Well, Station TL/ 280807 /010#2, 28–29 August 2007, 64°09.93’N 05°16.75’E, ROV-deployed trap, 928 m, 42 specimens. Haklang Exploration Well, Station TL/ 171008 /031#1, 17 October 2008, 67°02.81’N 07°03.53’E, ROV-deployed trap, 1248 m, one specimen. Gro Exploration Well, Station ...