Harpinia truncata Sars

• Main Author: King, Rachael A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Phoxocephalidae; Harpinia; Harpinia truncata; Norway; Seta; Iceland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5461610; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5461610

Harpinia truncata Sars (figs. 3–4) Harpinia truncata Sars, 1891: 157, pl. 55, fig. 1. — Stebbing, 1906: 144. — Stephensen, 1938: 156. — Barnard, 1960: 357. — Watling, 1981: 209, fig. 5 J–L. Material examined. — Trondhjemsfjorden, Norway, 1 female, ZMO F 13092. Risør, Norway, many female specimens, ZMO F 13235. Location unrecorded, 3 males, ZMO F 13236. Location unrecorded, 2 females, ZMO F 13151. Distribution. — Norway, Iceland, Western Atlantic to 38 ° N. Diagnosis. — Female. 6.0 mm. Coxal plates 1–3 without spines on posterodistal corner. Antenna 1 flagelum of seven articles, accessory flagellum with six. Antenna 2 flagellum with seven articles. Gnathopod 2 propodus much larger than gnathopod 1. Pereopod 7 basis broad, posterior margin somewhat truncated entire posterior margin with at least six indistinct spines associated with small setae, anterior margin with three long plumose setae and two short simple setae above insertion of ischium; ischium with 3 plumose setae and two simple setae above insertion of merus; dactylus as long as propodus. Epimeron 2 with 8 distal setae; epimeron 3 posterodistal corner with excavated notch and a small spine with associated seta, with 3 long setae on lateral face. Uropod 3 outer ramus article 2 less than 1 / 3 as long as article 1, with long seta (as long as entire ramus), article 1 with three to five lateral setae; inner ramus not reaching to article 2 of outer ramus, with apical seta (reaching just past article 2 of outer ramus). Description. — Male. (Sexually dimorphic characters) 5.0–6.0 mm. Head without spine on dorsolateral margins. Antenna 1 with tufts of long, fine setae on peduncular articles 1­3 and flagellar article 1, article 1 of flagellum elongate; flagellum with four to five articles, accessory flagellum with five articles. Antenna 2 with tufts of fine setae on peduncular articles 3 and 4; flagellum with six articles. Coxa 1–3 without spines on posterodistal corner. Gnathopods 1 and 2 with an elongate, narrow propodus, with robust seta defining palm. ...