Epimeria (Drakepimeria) similis d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, subgen. nov.

• Main Authors: d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem, Verheye, Marie L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Epimeriidae; Epimeria; Epimeria similis; Admiralty Bay; Antarctic; Chevreux; Coleman; Elephant Island; King George Island; Pourquoi Pas; Pourquoi-Pas; Pourquoi-Pas?; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857506; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857506

Epimeria (Drakepimeria) similis subgen. nov. Chevreux, 1912 Figs 106–124 Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912: 215. Epimeria similis – Chevreux 1913: 149, fig. 41. — Andres 1985: 124–125 (in part) — De Broyer & Klages 1991: 165 (key, in part). — Coleman 2007: 54, in part, fig. 30a–b, map 11 (circle, at least in part), not plate 1 fig. e (= Epimeria acanthochelon sp. nov.). Epimeria macrodonta f. similis – Gurjanova 1955: 195. ‘ Clade A similis / macrodonta complex - SI4’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 2 (online). Type material Lectotype (designated here) RV Pourquoi Pas? Cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: undissected ovigerous ♀, second French Antarctic expedition 1908–1910, Draguage XVII, South Shetlands, King George Island, Admiralty Bay, 420 m (n° 713) (MNHN Am. 5984 and MNHN-IU-2013-17865). Paralectotype (designated here) RV Pourquoi Pas? Cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 ♀ dissected by E. Chevreux, second French Antarctic expedition 1908–1910, Draguage XVII, South Shetlands King George Island, Admiralty Bay, 420 m (MNHN Am. 3095 and MNHN-IU-2013-17864). Other material examined RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 3 specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 604-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.52ʹ S, 55°09.72ʹ W to 61°20.11ʹ S, 55°07.26ʹ W, 286–407 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132980); 1 spec. with a true posterodorsal bump on second body segment, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 604-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.52ʹ S, 55°09.72ʹ W to 61°20.11ʹ S, 55°07.26ʹ W, 286–407 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122555); 2 specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 608-1, Elephant Island, 61°11.34ʹ S, 54°43.17ʹ W to 61°11.80ʹ S, 54°40.05ʹ W, 284–293 m, bottom trawl, 20 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132982); 1 spec., cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 610-1, Elephant Island, 60°58.59ʹ S, 55°08.39ʹ W to 60°58.05ʹ S, 55°05.00ʹ W, 287–311 m, bottom trawl, 21 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122550); ...