Published December 31, 2012 | Version v1
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Epimeria Costa 1851

Description

Genus Epimeria Costa, 1851

Remarks. The most recent family diagnosis for the Epimeriidae is that of Coleman & Barnard (1991). Coleman (2007) provided a key to the Antarctic species of Epimeriidae. A summary of Pacific Epimeriidae, including an identification key, was published by Lörz (2011).

Notes

Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2012, First records of Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Macquarie Ridge, with description of a new species and its juveniles, pp. 49-60 in Zootaxa 3200 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214078

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Epimeriidae
Genus
Epimeria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Costa
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Epimeria Costa, 1851 sec. Lörz, 2012

References

  • Coleman, C. O. & Barnard, J. L. (1991) Revision of Iphimediidae and similar families (Amphipoda: Gammaridea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington., 104, 253 - 268.
  • Coleman, C. O. (2007) Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean; Volume 2: Acanthonotozomellidae, Amathillopsidae, Dikwidae, Epimeriidae, Iphimediidae, Ochlesidae and Vicmusiidae. Bulletin de l'institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie, 77, Supplement 2, 1 - 142.
  • Lorz, A. N. (2011) Pacific Epimeriidae (Amphipoda: Crustacea): Epimeria. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91, 471 - 477