Epimeria (Metepimeria) acanthurus (Schellenberg 1931)
- Dataset
- Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Epimeriidae
- genus
- Epimeria
- species
- Epimeria acanthurus
description
Body length 22 mm (Coleman 2007). Colour pattern White with scarce suffusions of orange; eyes reddish (photograph of Rauschert & Arntz 2015 as ‘ Epimeria inermis 1 ’).
discussion
Remarks The specimen labelled ‘ Epimeria inermis 1 ’ in Rauschert & Arntz (2015) does not correspond to the description of E. inermis: it exhibits important differences in the shape of coxa 4, and the dorsal profiles of pleonite 3 and urosomite 1. The morphology of this specimen is more similar to E. acanthurus as illustrated by Coleman (2007), and it is therefore identified as such. Rauschert & Arntz (2015) do not indicate the collection details of their specimen, but this information was found in an early draft of their book made available to the authors: ANT XIX [obviously ANT-XIX / 5], LAMPOS, station 153 [i. e., 153 - 1]. The coordinates of this station are: 54 ° 32.75 ʹ S 56 ° 09.84 ʹ W to 54 ° 31.22 ʹ S 56 ° 08.93 ʹ W [Burdwood Bank], 296 – 299 m.
distribution
Distribution Magellanic Region: Patagonia, Falkland Islands, 27 – 494 m (De Broyer et al. 2007), Burdwood Bank, 296 – 299 m (see remarks).