Epimeria (Drakepimeria) acanthochelon d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, subgen. et sp. nov.

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Authors: d'Acoz, Cédric d'Udekem, Verheye, Marie L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Epimeriidae; Epimeria; Epimeria acanthochelon; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857518; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A5A879BFF936866FE44F9BECA2BFB9D

Epimeria ( Drakepimeria ) acanthochelon subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B878492E-3294-4449-A17D-DBD502918370 Figs 1–7 Epimeria similis – Coleman 2007: 54, in part, plate 1 fig. e only. — Lörz & Coleman 2009: unnumbered photograph on p. 17. — Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 62, pl. 55 unnumbered photograph. ‘ Clade A similis / macrodonta complex - SI3’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 2 (online). non Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912: 215. Etymology From the Greek ακανθα, spine; χϵλώνη, tortoise. The name, which is a noun in apposition, alludes to the toothed and heavily calcified body of the species, which can be compared to a spiny tortoise. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♀, cruise CEAMARC, sample CEAMARC 1421, stn 62EV303, Adélie Coast, 66°10ʹ34″ S, 143°20ʹ45″ E, 532–550 m, beam trawl, 4 Jan. 2008 (coll. IPEV-AAD-MNHN, removed from MNHN-IU-2014-4342, now MNHN-IU-2014-7321) [extraction M7; Genbank nr, 28S: KU759674]. Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 4 specs, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 1, GSN 1, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°03.10ʹ S, 11°25.50ʹ W to 71°02.10ʹ S, 11°19.30ʹ W, 462–481 m, bottom trawl, 5 Feb. 1996 (previously identified as Epimeria cf. similis and used for gut content studies), coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle (RBINS, INV. 132698); 1 spec., cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 1, GSN 1, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°03.10ʹ S, 11°25.50ʹ W to 71°02.10ʹ S, 11°19.30ʹ W, 462–481 m, bottom trawl, 5 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle (RBINS, INV. 132699); 1 spec., cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 6, AGT 1, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°31.80ʹ S, 13°34.50ʹ W to 71°31.86ʹ S, 13°35.50ʹ W, 254–261 m, Agassiz trawl, 8 Jan. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle, (RBINS, INV. 132697); 1 spec., cruise PS39,ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 6, AGT 1, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°31.80ʹ S, 13°34.50ʹ W to 71°31.86ʹ S, 13°35.50ʹ W, 254–261 m, Agassiz trawl, 8 Jan. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle, (RBINS, INV. 132706); 1 spec., cruise PS39, ...