A catalogue of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Phoxocephalidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) with taxonomic, distribution and ecological data Author Alonso, Gloria M. Author Pina, De Author Rauschert, Martin Author Broyer, Claude De text Zootaxa 2008 1752 1 40 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.181746 98f7cac3-113b-4398-bd96-73f39abac0bc 1175-5326 181746 Harpiniopsis aciculum Ren, 1991 Ren, 1991 in Ren and Huang, 1991: 189, 271, 297, 312–313, fig. 53. De Broyer and JaŻdŻewski, 1993: 83. Distribution: W (+Ba) Bransfield Strait: 62°51.6’S 58°07.5’W , 654 m (bottom: sand, mud) (R&H 91). Drake Passage: “Polarstern” ANT XV/3 48 , Drake Passage, sta. 341, 61 °34.5’S 58°07’W , 429 m (gear: multiboxcorer) (MR unpubl.). South Shetland Islands : King George Island , 62°19.4’S 58°43.4’W , 461 m (bottom: mud); 62°15.8’S 58°45.9’W , 510 m (bottom: sand, mud); 62°10.8’S 58°20’W , 520 m (bottom: mud) (R&H 91); “Polarstern” ANT XV/3 48 , sta. 325, 62 °21.9’S 58°42.6’W , 805 m (gear: multiboxcorer); sta. 326, 62 °20.1’S 58°38.8’W , 606 m (gear: multiboxcorer) (MR unpubl.). Depth range: 429– 805 m . Type-locality: Bransfield Strait: 62°51.6’S 58°07.5’W , 654 m (bottom: sand, mud) (R&H 91). Ecology: Collected from mud and sandy bottom. Type material location: IOQ, Qingdao. Remarks: Harpiniopsis aciculum was described and figured by Ren and Huang (1991); the species is closely related to H. petulans J.L. Barnard, 1966 from which it can be distinguished by the lateral lobe of head, the shape of epimeron 3 posteroventral corner and the length of cleft on telson. Recently, Rauschert (unpubl. data) identified this taxon from South Shetland Islands , thus extending its geographical distribution in the area, and recorded the species for the first time from the Drake Passage.