Epimeria (Metepimeria) intermedia Schellenberg 1931

• Main Authors: d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem, Verheye, Marie L.
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• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Epimeriidae; Epimeria; Epimeria intermedia; Southern Ocean; Coleman; Shag Rocks
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10490048; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A5A879BFFF36809FE60F8AECB4BFB3C

Epimeria ( Metepimeria ) intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 forma B Epimeria intermedia – K.H. Barnard, 1932: 177, figs 104c, 109. — Wakabara & Serejo, 1999: 642 (key, in part). — Coleman, 2007: 42 (in part), not fig. 20a–b (= Epimeria ( Metepimeria ) intermedia forma A), map 10 (circle, in part). Epimeria sp. n. 2 – Rauschert & Arntz, 2015: 60, plate 53, unnumbered photograph. Epimeria sp. n. 3 – Rauschert & Arntz, 2015: 125 ( non Epimeria sp. n. 3 p. 54 pl. 61). non Epimeria intermedia Schellenberg, 1931: 161, fig. 84, pl. 1 fig. F. (= Epimeria ( Metepimeria ) intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 forma A). Body length 15 mm (K.H. Barnard 1932). Colour pattern Pure white (Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 60, as Epimeria sp. n. 2). Distribution South Georgia, 88–273 m (K.H. Barnard 1932); Shag Rocks, 284 m (see remarks). Remarks There are substantial differences between the illustrations of E. intermedia given by Schellenberg (1931) and Coleman (2007) on one hand, and those of K.H. Barnard (1932). Coleman (2007) questions the conspecificity of these specimens. We agree and treat them as separate forma A and B. However we refrain to attribute them a formal taxonomic status, as no direct examination of these specimens was possible. Rauschert & Arntz (2015) gave a colour photograph of a juvenile (6 mm) named “ Epimeria sp. n. 2”, which corresponds to the drawings of Epimeria intermedia forma B given by K.H. Barnard (1932). The collection details of the specimen were given in an early draft of the book: ANT-XIX/ 5 in stn 169-1, 53°22.94ʹ S, 42°41.37ʹ W to 53°22.89ʹ S, 42°41.50ʹ W (Shag Rocks), at 284 m. 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 118-119, DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.359, http://zenodo.org/record/3855694