Epimeria larsi Lörz, 2009, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Lörz, Anne-Nina
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Epimeriidae; Epimeria; Epimeria larsi; Ross Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6213406; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6213406

Epimeria larsi sp. nov. (Figs 2–6) Material examined. Holotype: NIWA 48484, male, 39 mm, TAN0802/167, 71° 51' 21"S, 71° 53' 24"E, 1990– 1954 m, 25/02/2008. Paratype: NIWA 37752, female, 58 mm, collected together with holotype. Etymology. The species is dedicated to Lars Bock. Description. Anterior cephalic margin sinuous, lateral cephalic lobe slightly produced; rostrum longer than head, reaching proximal part of antenna 1 peduncle article 2; eye present, oval, 0.5 × head height. Pereonite 1 shorter in length than head, pereonite 2 about 0.75 × length of 1; pereonites 1–4 lacking middorsal or dorsolateral processes; pereonite 5–7 dorsolateral carina developed; pleonites 1–3 with acute middorsal teeth curved posteriorly Epimeron 1 antero- and posteroventral angle rounded; epimeron 2 and 3 posteroventral angle produced. Urosomite 1 with a keel-like middorsal bump. Urosomite 2 shortest middorsally flat. Urosomite 3 bearing mid-dorsal processes. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum scale-like; primary flagellum of 30 ... : Published as part of Lörz, Anne-Nina, 2009, Synopsis of Amphipoda from two recent Ross Sea voyages with description of a new species of Epimeria (Epimeriidae, Amphipoda, Crustacea), pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 2167 on pages 61-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189125 ...