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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 length11 mm. The species is known by a single specimen and it is possible that it can reach a larger size.
DistributionSoutheast of tip of Antarctic Peninsula, 230– 260 m.
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Additional details
Identifiers
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.