Lepechinella helgii HELGII THURSTON 1980

• Main Authors: Lörz, Anne-Nina, Brix, Saskia, Jażdżewska, Anna M., Hughes, Lauren Elizabeth
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• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Dexaminidae; Lepechinella; Lepechinella helgii; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5724127; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787AEFFFBAE0B510806A5C1D5FF0B

LEPECHINELLA HELGII THURSTON, 1980 Lepechinella helgii Thurston, 1980: 70–73, figs 1–3. — Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 269. Type locality: North Atlantic, Iceland Basin, 59°58.6’N, 19°58.2’W, 2714 m (Discovery station 7709#73). Material examined: DZMB-HH 56117, one specimen, IceAGE, ME 85-3, station 983, Iceland Basin, South Iceland, North Atlantic (60°21.440’N, 18°08.140’W to 60°02.730’N, 18°08.510’W), 2567.7 m, 30 August 2011. Remarks: Thurston (1980) collected 252 specimens from five stations below 2600 m, the recent IceAGE collection added a single specimen from the Iceland Basin. Depth range: 2568 to 2714 m. Distribution: Iceland Basin (Thurston, 1980; present study) (Fig. 8B; Tables 1, 2). NORTH ATLANTIC LEPECHINELLIDAE 1109 Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, Brix, Saskia, Jażdżewska, Anna M. & Hughes, Lauren Elizabeth, 2020, Diversity and distribution of North Atlantic Lepechinellidae (Amphipoda: Crustacea), pp. 1095-1122 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 on pages 1107-1109, DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa024, http://zenodo.org/record/5722220