Haploops kaimmalkai

Haploops kaimmalkai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ampeliscoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Gammaridea
Superfamilia: Ampeliscoidea

Familia: Ampeliscidae
Genus: Haploops
Species: Haploops kaimmalkai

Name

Haploops kaimmalkai Peart, 2018

Type locality: Iceland Basin, South Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean.

Holotype: ZMH K-47057, female, 6 mm, station IceAGE 1, 1010-1, Iceland Basin, South Iceland (slope), 020°23.71'W – 020°22.87'W, 62°33.10'N – 62°33.22'N, 1384.8 – 1389 m, ME85-3, from the epinet bucket of the EBS, 02.09.2011.

Paratypes:

  • ZMUH K-47056, 1 specimen, 6 mm.
  • NIWA 123642, 2 specimens, 5 (female juvenile) and 7 mm (male), station IceAGE 2, 880-2, Faroe Island Ridge (middle), 008°09.42'W – 008°11.22'W, 63°23.36'N – 63°24.62'N, 686 – 687.4 m, POS-456, from epinet bucket of EBS, 31.07.2013.

Distribution: Icelandic Basin, Norwegian Channel, North Atlantic Ocean. Ranging at depths from 587–1388 m.

Etymology: named after Richard A. Kaim-Malka

ZooBank: 39241512-099C-4593-BDCB-FDD31348229C

References

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