Epimeria (Drakepimeria) d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, subgen. 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; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857654; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3857654

Subgenus Drakepimeria subgen. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1B9E9A7F-2721-475F-9906-75F330B7F4CC Etymology Combination of the Greek word: δράκων, dragon and Epimeria. The name, which is feminine, alludes to the highly processiform ornamentation in the species of the subgenus, which is reminiscent of mythological dragons. Type species Epimeria loerzae sp. nov. Description Body opaque, with teguments strongly calcified. Rostrum long. Ventral lobe of head acute. Pleonites 1–3 and at least some pereionites with strong mid-dorsal dentate carina and one pair of dorsolateral much smaller teeth, swelling or carina. On pleonite 2 and 3, a second pair of small dorsolateral teeth is sometimes observed between the main dorsolateral teeth and the mid-dorsal tooth (this accessory pair of small teeth is not positioned anteriorly to the main pair). Pereionites 1–7 without tooth or protrusion just above connection with coxa. Coxae 1–4 often with (but not always) with sharp tip. Coxae 1–3 usually sharply keeled along their ... : 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 19-22, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359, http://zenodo.org/record/3855694 ...