Epimeria (Epimeriella) atalanta d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem, Verheye, Marie L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Epimeriidae; Epimeria; Epimeria atalanta; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857644; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3857644

Epimeria (Epimeriella) atalanta sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B0214FB1-ED96-4CEF-B267-21FC4B356C39 Figs 125–130 Epimeriella cf. scabrosa ‘4 dorsal teeth’ – d’Udekem d’Acoz & Robert 2008: 53 (list). Epimeria cf. scabrosa – Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 62, pl. 55 unnumbered photograph. non Epimeriella scabrosa K.H. Barnard, 1930: 378, fig. 43. Etymology Ἀταλάντη is a character of the Greek mythology. She was the only woman, who took part in the nautical expedition of the Argonauts (the genus Epimeria being feminine). The name alludes to the presumed good swimming capacities of the species and its possibly pelagic life style. The name is a noun in apposition. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern: SOUTHERN OCEAN: specimen initially fixated in formalin, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 725-10, south of Larsen A, 64°55.89ʹ S, 60°40.06ʹ W to 64°55.92ʹ S, 60°40.31ʹ W, 189–192 m, Rauschert dredge, 22 Jan. 2007, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122527). Description ROSTRUM. Very minute, reduced ... : 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 pages 69-70, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359, http://zenodo.org/record/3855694 ...