Epimeria (Laevepimeria) walkeri 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 walkeri; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; King George Island; Weddell; Coleman; Elephant Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857522; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857522

Epimeria (Laevepimeria) walkeri subgen. nov. (K.H. Barnard, 1930) Figs 241–249 Epimeriella walkeri K.H. Barnard, 1930: 380–381, fig. 44. Epimeriella walkeri – McCain, 1971: 160, fig. 1. Epimeria walkeri – Coleman 2007: 60, fig. 35a–b, plate 3 fig. a, map 16 (circles, in part). — Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 62, pl. 55 unnumbered photograph. ‘ Clade C walkeri complex - WA1’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 3 (online). non Epimeriella walkeri subgen. nov. K.H. Barnard, 1930: 380–381, fig. 44. Material examined RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 spec., cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 8, AGT 2, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°18.70ʹ S, 12°17.10ʹ W to 71°18.45ʹ S, 12°16.30ʹ W, 170–174 m, 9 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle (RBINS, INV. 132683); 1 spec., alcohol-fixed, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 603-5, eastern Weddell Sea, 70°30.99ʹ S, 08°48.08ʹ W to 70°30.40ʹ S, 08°48.13ʹ W, 274–297 m, sponge bottom, Agassiz trawl, 7 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122485); 4 specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 614-3/4/5, Elephant Island, 60°52.37ʹ S, 55°29.80ʹ W to 60°52.71ʹ S, 55°27.83ʹ W, 248–265 m, a lot of epifauna, Rauschert dredge and Agassiz trawl, 22 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122516); 1 spec., cruise PS71, ANT-XXIV/2, ANDEEP-SYSTCO, stn 48-1, eastern Weddell Sea, 70°23.94ʹ S, 8°19.14ʹ W to 70°23.89ʹ S, 8°18.67ʹ W, 595–602 m, bryozoan bottom (exceptional diversity of bryozoans), Agassiz trawl, 12 Jan. 2008, coll. H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132448); 1 spec., cruise PS77, ANT-XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 222-5, southwest of King George Island, 62°17.60ʹ S, 58°41.19ʹ W to 62°17.49ʹ S, 58°41.46ʹ W, 445–889 m, Agassiz trawl, 23 Feb. 2011, coll. C. Havermans and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132667) [extraction A6; Genbank nr, COI: KU870819, 28S: KU759591]; 1 spec., specimen missing, DNA extraction products only, PS77, ANT-XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 288-3, Eastern Weddell Sea, 70°56.40ʹ S, 10°32.60ʹ W to 70°56.42ʹ S, 10°32.25ʹW, 303–311 m, Rauschert Dredge, 30 Mar. ...