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Epimeria (Urepimeria) extensa d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, subgen. nov.

  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Service Heritage, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Corresponding author: cdudekem @ naturalsciences. be
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Email: mverheye @ naturalsciences. be

Description

Epimeria (Urepimeria) extensa subgen. nov. Andres, 1985

Epimeria extensa Andres, 1985: 125–127, figs 7d–f, 8, 9.

Epimeria extensa – De Broyer & Klages 1991: 164 (key). — Coleman 1994: 574 (table). — Wakabara & Serejo 1999: 644 (key). — Coleman 2007: 36, fig. 15a–f, map 6 (circle).

Body length

11 mm. The species is known by a single specimen and it is possible that it can reach a larger size.

Distribution

Southeast of tip of Antarctic Peninsula, 230– 260 m.

Notes

Published as part of d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem & Verheye, Marie L., 2017, Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea), pp. 1-553 in European Journal of Taxonomy 359 on page 158, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359, http://zenodo.org/record/3855694

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Epimeriidae
Genus
Epimeria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
d'Acoz & Verheye
Species
extensa
Taxonomic status
subgen. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Epimeria (Urepimeria) extensa d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017

References

  • Andres H. G. 1985. Die Gammaridea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) der Deutschen Antarktis-Expeditionen 1975 / 76 und 1977 / 78. 4. Acanthonotozomatidae, Paramphithoidae und Stegocephalidae. Mitteilungen aus den Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 119 - 153.
  • De Broyer C. & Klages M. 1991. A new Epimeria (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Paramphithoidae) from the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science 3 (2): 159 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0954102091000196
  • Coleman C. O. 1994. A new Epimeria species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Epimeriidae) and redescriptions of three other species in the genus from the Antarctic Ocean. Journal of Natural History 28 (3): 555 - 576. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770251
  • Wakabara Y. & Serejo C. S. 1999. Amathillopsidae and Epimeriidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from bathyal depths off the Brazilian coast. Zoosystema 21 (4): 625 - 645.
  • Coleman C. O. 2007. Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Volume 2: Acanthonotozomellidae, Amathillopsidae, Dikwidae, Epimeriidae, Iphimediidae, Ochlesidae and Vicmusiidae. Bullelin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie / Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Biologie 77, supplement 2: 1 - 134.