Deep-Sea taxon details
Lepechinella arctica Schellenberg, 1926
102450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102450)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schellenberg, A. (1926). Die Gammariden der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 18(10): 235-414. [details] Available for editors 
Note Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin:...
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Type material Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: Registration no. 19.848. Recorded from the Römer & Schaudinn Expedition, st. 41, in the Polar Basin north of Nordaustlandet and Spitzbergen, Svalbard, at position 81o20’N, 20o30’E, 1000 meters. [details]
Nomenclature Initially named Dorbanella sp. by Schellenberg (1925), but later the name was changed to Lepechinella arctica by...
Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Nomenclature Initially named Dorbanella sp. by Schellenberg (1925), but later the name was changed to Lepechinella arctica by Schellenberg (1926). [details]
Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); upper Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Lepechinella arctica Schellenberg, 1926. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102450 on 2026-07-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lepechinella arctica Schellenberg, 1926. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102450 on 2026-07-30
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Schellenberg, A. (1926). Die Gammariden der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 18(10): 235-414. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Barnard J. L.; Barnard C. M. (1990). Geographical Index to Marine Gammaridea (Amphipoda). <em>Division of Crustacea, Dept of Zoology, Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.</em> 1-139. [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Johansen, P.-O.; Vader, W. (2015). New and little known species of Lepechinella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lepechinellidae) and an allied new genus Lepesubchela from the North Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (127): 1–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.127 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Barnard J. L.; Barnard C. M. (1990). Geographical Index to Marine Gammaridea (Amphipoda). <em>Division of Crustacea, Dept of Zoology, Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.</em> 1-139. [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Johansen, P.-O.; Vader, W. (2015). New and little known species of Lepechinella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lepechinellidae) and an allied new genus Lepesubchela from the North Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (127): 1–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.127 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Initially named Dorbanella sp. by Schellenberg (1925), but later the name was changed to Lepechinella arctica by Schellenberg (1926). [details]Type material Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: Registration no. 19.848. Recorded from the Römer & Schaudinn Expedition, st. 41, in the Polar Basin north of Nordaustlandet and Spitzbergen, Svalbard, at position 81o20’N, 20o30’E, 1000 meters. [details]
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Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); upper Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
