Haploniscus foresti Chardy, 1974

Haploniscus foresti Chardy, 1974 View in CoL

Haploniscus foresti Chardy, 1974: 497 View in CoL –498, figs 1–2.— Lincoln 1985b: 669 –673, figs 7–8.—Kussakin 1988: 399–402, fig. 338.— Kavanagh 2009: 30.

Material examined. BIOICE stn. 2704, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 20 September 1994, 63°5050N, 27°4280W, 1295 m, 3.80°C, 10 specimens (IMNH 37002); BIOICE stn. 2856, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 August 1995, 62°2050N, 16°5930W, 2074 m, 2.34°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37003); BIOICE stn. 2859, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 29 August 1995, 61°5022N, 16°5286W, 2270 m, 2.37°C, 36 specimens (IMNH 37004); BIOICE stn. 2860, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 August 1995, 61°4343N, 16°5748W, 2295 m, 2.60°C, 55 specimens (IMNH 37005); BIOICE stn. 2863, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 August 1995, 61°1018N, 18°0257W, 2400 m, 2.07°C, 19 specimens (IMNH 37006); BIOICE stn. 3012, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 7 July 1997, 61°2220N, 15°1898W, 2133 m, 3.29°C, 7 specimens (IMNH 37007); BIOICE stn. 3075, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 13 July 1997, 62°0019N, 15°5997W, 2192 m, 3.07°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37008); BIOICE stn. 3164, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 26 July 2000, 61°4260N, 22°5750W, 1741 m, 2.79°C, 20 specimens (IMNH 37009); BIOICE stn. 3167, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 26 July 2000, 60°5488N, 22°4726W, 1897 m, 2.98°C, 19 specimens (IMNH 37010); BIOICE stn. 3187, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 10 August 2000, 62°0904N, 27°0074W, 1327 m, 3.99°C, 2 specimens (IMNH 37011); BIOICE stn. 3264, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 13 September 2001, 62°2480N, 19°4860W, 1780 m, 2.95°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37012); BIOICE stn. 3504, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 20 September 2002, 62°0146N, 19°4915W, 1733 m, 3.09°C, 28 specimens (IMNH 37013); BIOICE stn. 3509, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 30 September 2002, 62°0240N, 19°3871W, 1678 m, 2.70°C, 203 specimens (IMNH 37014); BIOICE stn. 3514, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2002, 62°2559N, 19°4615W, 1780 m, 2.93°C, 893 specimens (IMNH 37015); BIOICE stn. 3515, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2002, 62°2220N, 18°2335W, 1331 m, 3.77°C, 3 specimens (IMNH 37016); BIOICE stn. 3522, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 7 September 2002, 62°3114N, 17°0987W, 1940 m, 2.34°C, 7 specimens (IMNH 37017); BIOICE stn. 3570, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 4 September 2003, 63°4271N, 29°1036W, 1819 m, 3.24°C, 28 specimens (IMNH 37018); BIOICE stn. 3571, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 5 September 2003, 63°3022N, 29°3840W, 2233 m, 3.14°C, 1 specimen (IMNH 37019); BIOICE stn. 3579, RV Bjarni Saemundsson, RP sled, 6 September 2003, 63°0442N, 28°2639W, 1796 m, 3.42°C, 41 specimens (IMNH 37020).

Remarks. New records of Haploniscus foresti include 19 samples collected in the Iceland Basin and the Irminger Basin at depths between 1295 and 2400 m ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 B, Table 1). Previous records of H. foresti are from the Rockall Trough, the Rockall Plateau ( type locality, Chardy 1974) and the Porcupine Seabight and at the depth range of 1632 and 3697 m ( Lincoln 1985b; Kavanagh 2009). The BIOICE samples extend the known range of the species to nearly 64°N and 29°W.