A new species of Halophytophilus Brian, 1919 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic)
Author
Gheerardyn, Hendrik
Author
Seifried, Sybille
Author
Vanreusel, Ann
text
Zootaxa
2008
1761
1
16
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.181924
5b051b6d-a997-463a-8199-56dbb99ec23f
1175-5326
181924
Halophytophilus lopheliae
sp. nov.
Type
locality:
North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc01-1205 (
Belgica
Cruise 01/12),
51°25.9290’N
11°46.2717’W
,
880 m
, collected on
7 May 2001
.
Type
material:
(a) From
type
locality (sample of underlying sediment):
holotype
female, dissected on 12 slides (
COP
7013); allotype male, dissected on 9 slides (
COP
7014);
paratype
1 is one female dissected on 6 slides (
COP
7015);
paratype
2 is one female dissected on 8 slides (
COP
7016);
2 female
paratypes
preserved in 75% alcohol (
COP
7017).
(b) From
type
locality (sample of dead coral fragment):
paratype
3 is one female dissected on 12 slides (
COP
7018);
paratype
4 is one female dissected on 7 slides (
COP
7019);
paratype
5 is one female dissected on 9 slides (
COP
7020);
paratype
6 is one male dissected on 5 slides (
COP
7021);
1 male
and
3 female
paratypes
preserved in 75% alcohol (
COP
7022).
Additional material:
(a) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc00-1605 (
Belgica
Cruise 00/16),
51°24.824’N
11°45.932’W
,
1000 m
, collected on
17 June 2000
: one male dissected on 5 slides (
COP
7023) and
4 females
and
4 males
preserved in 75% alcohol (
COP
7024), sampled from dead coral fragment; one male preserved in 75% alcohol (
COP
7025), sampled from underlying sediment.
(b) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc00-1604 (
Belgica
Cruise 00/16),
51°24.802’N
11°45.924’W
,
1005 m
, glass sponge skeleton, collected on
17 June 2000
:
2 males
preserved in 75% alcohol (
COP
7026).
(c) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc01-1205 (
Belgica
Cruise 01/12),
51°25.9290’N
11°46.2717’W
,
880 m
, sample of dead coral fragment, collected on
7 May 2001
:
2 females
and
1 male
preserved in 75% alcohol (first author’s collection).
(d) North-East Atlantic Ocean, Porcupine Seabight, Boxcore Bbc03-1304b (
Belgica
Cruise 03/13),
51°23.454’N
11°39.901’W
,
646 m
, sediment sample of upper first centimetre (from boxcore without coral fragments), collected on
25 May 2003
:
1 male
preserved in 75% alcohol (first author’s collection).
Etymology:
The specific name refers to the peculiar substrate on which the species was found, namely dead fragments of the cold-water coral
Lophelia pertusa
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
.