Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) xesta d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, subgen. et sp. nov.

• 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 xesta; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857532; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A5A879BFFE06817FE19FCD6CD14FB30

Epimeria ( Hoplepimeria ) xesta subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 85ED0CCE-6EB7-4010-AFB3-29894C55616C Figs 222–228 Etymology Xestus , -a , -um is a Latinization of the Greek adjective ξϵστός, which means smooth or polished. The name alludes to the smooth body surface of the species. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: dissected ♀, cruise PS14, ANT-VII/4, EPOS leg 3, stn 226, eastern Weddell Sea, 75°15.9ʹ S, 25°58.3ʹ W to 75°15.7ʹ S, 25°54.2ʹ W, 569–574 m, bottom trawl, 28 Jan. 1989, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132946). Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 juv., cruise PS14, ANT-VII/4, EPOS leg 3, stn 226, eastern Weddell Sea, 75°15.9ʹ S, 25°58.3ʹ W to 75°15.7ʹ S, 25°54.2ʹ W, 569–574 m, bottom trawl, 28 Jan. 1989, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132947); 2 adult specs, cruise PS14, ANT-VII/4, EPOS leg 3, stn 226, eastern Weddell Sea, 75°15.9ʹ S, 25°58.3ʹ W to 75°15.7ʹ S, 25°54.2ʹ W, 569–574 m, bottom trawl, 28 Jan. 1989, subsample, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132948); 1 ovigerous ♀, cruise PS14, ANT-VII/4, EPOS leg 3, stn 226, eastern Weddell Sea, 75°15.9ʹ S, 25°58.3ʹ W to 75°15.7ʹ S, 25°54.2ʹ W, 569–574 m, bottom trawl, 28 Jan. 1989, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132949); 3 very large specs, presumably including specimen photographed on board, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, no locality, aquarium, 3 Mar. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle (RBINS, INV. 132994); 1 spec., previously mixed with 9 E. inermis , misidentified as E. georgiana and used for gut content analysis, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 12, GSN 5, eastern Weddell Sea, 73°18.10ʹ S, 21°10.10ʹ W to 73°17.10ʹ S, 21°08.20ʹ W, 457–459 m, bottom trawl, 14 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle (RBINS, INV. 132997); 1 large spec., misidentified as E. georgiana and used for gut content analysis, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 29, BPN 4, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°31.50ʹ S, 12°25.50ʹ W to 71°30.30ʹ S, 12°27.80ʹ W, 504–529 m, 28 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. ...