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Lepidepecreum urometacarinatum Andres 1983

Description

Lepidepecreum urometacarinatum Andres

Lepidepecreum carinatum Andres, 1983: 187, figs. 1, 2 [not L. carinatum Bate & Westwood, 1861].

Lepidepecreum urometacarinatum Andres, 1985: 134 [new name for L. carinatum Andres, 1983].–Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 496.–De Broyer & Jazdzewski, 1993: 70.

Material examined. 723 specimens (males, females and juveniles), USNM 306583; 50 specimens, AM P57740; Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 74°07'S 39°38'W, 731 m, epibenthic sled, 6 February 1968, USCGC Glacier, IWSOE cruise 1, stn 0001. — 1 specimen, NMV J12923, off Enderby Land, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, 66°2.90'S 49°49.40'E to 66°3.00'S 49°49.40'E, 738 OR 806 m, epibenthic sled, M. Norman, MS Nella Dan stn HRD 012.

Type locality. Antarctic Peninsula, 64°00'S 64°30'W, 100– 382 m over water depth 385 m.

Remarks. These records extend the known distribution of L. urometacarinatum into the eastern Antarctic.

Distribution. Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Enderby Land, Antarctica; 100–806 m depth.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We thank the late Eric Dahl, who originally made the LUCE lysianassoid amphipods available to us, Gary Poore (NMV), and Rafael Lemaitre (then of SOSC) for making other material available to us; Rachael Peart and Kate Dempsey for the illustrations; and Roger Springthorpe for making the plates.

Notes

Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2002, The Lysianassoid Amphipod Genera Lepidepecreoides and Lepidepecreum in Southern Waters (Crustacea: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae), pp. 335-364 in Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3) on page 363, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1329, http://zenodo.org/record/10092532

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1968-02-06
Family
Tryphosidae
Genus
Lepidepecreum
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Andres
Species
urometacarinatum
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1968-02-06
Taxonomic concept label
Lepidepecreum urometacarinatum Andres, 1983 sec. Lowry & Stoddart, 2002

References

  • Andres, H. G., 1983. Die Gammaridea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) der Deutschen Antarktis-Expeditionen 1975 / 76 und 1977 / 78. 3. Lysianassidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 80: 183 - 220.
  • Andres, H. G., 1985. Die Gammaridea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) der Deutschen Antarktis-Expeditionen 1975 / 76 und 1977 / 78. 4. Acanthonotozomatidae, Paramphithoidae und Stegocephalidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 119 - 153.