Haploops faroensis Kaim-Malka & Bellan-Santini & Dauvin 2021, spec. nov.

• Main Authors: Kaim-Malka, R. A., Bellan-Santini, D., Dauvin, J. C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Ampeliscidae; Haploops; Haploops faroensis; Faroe Islands
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5555316; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5555316

Haploops faroensis spec. nov. (Figures 1–4) Type material. HOLOTYPE. One adult female with oostegites not completely developed. Length: 9.18 mm (Fig.1). BIOFAR: Station 299, one specimen, 17 July 1988, depth: 923 m, 60° 10.80’N – 08° 17.30’ W; bottom: clay and silt, sand, gravel. Holotype + slides (NHMD – 873179). The specimen is deposited in the Natural History Museum of Denmark (Danish Statens Naturhistoriske Museum). BIOFAR material. The specimens are deposited in the Natural History Museum of Denmark. Station 269, five specimens, 15 May 1988, depth: 510 m, 62° 49.84’N – 08° 15.55’ W; bottom: mud, sand, cobbles and stones (NHMD-873180). Station 271, four specimens, 16 May 1988, depth: 559 m, 62° 52.30’N – 08° 09.24’W; bottom: soft bottom, foraminifers (NHMD-873181). Station 299, one specimen, 17 July 1988, depth: 923 m, 60° 10.80’N – 08° 17.30’W; bottom: clay and silt, sand, gravel (NHMD-873179). BIOICE material. The specimens are deposited in the Icelandic Museum of Natural History in Reykjavik (IMNHR). Station 2673, nine specimens, 15 July 1994, depth: 227– 222 m, 66° 50.20’N – 16°15.74’W; bottom: sponge spicules. (IINH 42254). Station 3522, five specimens, 7 September 2002, depth: 1940 m, 62°31.14’N – 17° 09.87’W, bottom: sediment type unknown (IINH 42253). Station 3544, one specimen, 11 September 2002, depth: 1635– 1632 m, 61°33.00’N – 13°40.14’W, bottom: gravely sand. (IINH 42252). Male unknown. Etymology. The species name refers to the area of the Faroe Islands where the species was collected. Diagnosis. Blind species. Pereon, Pleon and Urosome without long dorsal setae. Antenna 1 and Antenna 2 have the same length. Antennae half length of the body. Pereopod 7 basis narrow. Description. Holotype. Adult female, 9.18 mm (Fig.1). Body without long dorsal setae on the pereon, pleon and urosome. Head (Fig. 2A): rectangular, with a short rostrum pointed, without corneal lenses, blind species. Anterior margin oblique and straight. Antenna 1 (Fig. 2B): as long as antenna 2, half length of the body, peduncle of ...