Akanthophoreus inermis ( Hansen, 1913 )

Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena & Bamber, Roger N., 2011, Tanaidomorph Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Mud-Volcano and Seep Sites on the Norwegian Margin, Zootaxa 3061, pp. 1-35 : 25

Akanthophoreus inermis ( Hansen, 1913)

Leptognathia inermis Hansen 1913 , 76–77, pl. 7 figs 4a–g; Sieg, 1986b, 168–176, figs 117–121. Paraleptognathia inermis Guerrero-Kommritz 2004 , 30–33, figs 11–12. Akanthophoreus inermis Bird 2001 , 33.

Material examined. 1Ƥ with oostegites (MNHN-IU- 2010-2855) Vicking, PL271-1, GTB11, Storegga NE, 64°45.299ʹN 04°58.871ʹE, 746 m, 22/05/2006; 1Ƥ, (MNHN-IU- 2010-2856), 1Ƥ (dissected, 3 slides), (MNHN-IU- 2010-2857), Vicking, KGSssech-1, Storegga NE, 64°45.281ʹN 05°06.217ʹE, 742 m, 23/05/2006

Remarks. A typical species of the northern Atlantic-Norwegian Sea cold-water area ( Sieg, 1986b; Bird 2001) in a depth range of 157–1525 m. The present material was taken at a depth of 742 m, on the Storegga Slide.