Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata d’Acoz & Verheye 2017
- Dataset
- Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- d’Acoz, Cédric d’Udekem, Verheye, Marie L. (2017): Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 359: 1-553, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Epimeriidae
- genus
- Epimeria
- species
- Epimeria rimicarinata
description
Fig. 208
diagnosis
Diagnosis Morphology unique in the genus Epimeria. Pereionite 2 with small but broad posterodorsal tooth; pereionite 3 to pleonite 3 laterally sculptured, with tridimentionally sculptured and medially notched mid-dorsal tooth. Posteroventral border of coxa 4 very concave, surface just in front of this border forming a very deep groove. Colour pattern Red with on each side a broad white longitudinal stripe running along the upper part of the coxae (Coleman 2007: plate 2 fig. e) or blood red with white patches (Lörz & Coleman 2009: unnumbered photograph p. 17).
distribution
Distribution Western Ross Sea, 337 – 474 m (Watling & Holman 1980); Prydz Bay, 427 – 540 m (present material).
materials_examined
Material examined RV Marion Dufresne cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 spec., specimen used for illustrations, cruise MD 42 (SIBEX), stn 22 - CP 66, Prydz Bay, 66 ° 55 ʹ 45 ″ S, 74 ° 04 ʹ 11 ″ E, depth not given [Google Earth depth for that position: 427 m (accessed 27 Sep. 2016)], 26 Jan. 1985 (MNHN-IU- 2014 - 4265) [extraction M 24; Genbank nr, COI: KU 870887]; 1 spec., previously identified as Epimeria grandirostris, cruise MD 42 (SIBEX), stn 22 - CP 73, Prydz Bay, 66 ° 57 ʹ 25 ″ S, 72 ° 41 ʹ 24 ″ E, depth not given [Google Earth depth for that position: 540 m (accessed 27 Sep. 2016)], 26 Jan. 1985 (MNHN-IU- 2014 - 4256).