Epimeria (Drakepimeria) loerzae 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: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Epimeriidae; Epimeria; Epimeria loerzae; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Coleman; Elephant Island; Chevreux; Joinville; Joinville Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857540; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857540

Epimeria (Drakepimeria) loerzae subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 878 EF 97 D-A 2F9-486 F-B 109-701B7A93840A Figs 66–71 Epimeria macrodonta forma similis – K. H. Barnard 1932: 172, in part, fig. 105. Epimeria macrodonta – Andres 1985: 124 (in part: “breite Form”) — Andres in Sieg & Wägele 1990: 136, fig. 270. — Lörz & Coleman 2009: unnumbered photograph p. 17. Epimeria aff. macrodonta – d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye 2013: 62, fig. 3.8.2 F. Epimeria sp. nov. 3 – Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 61, pl. 54, unnumbered photograph (non Epimeria sp. nov. 3 p. 125). ‘ Clade A similis / macrodonta complex - MA 3’ – Verheye et al. 2016 a, supplement: 2 (online). non Epimeria macrodonta Walker, 1906: 16. non Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912: 215. Etymology The species is dedicated to Anne-Nina Lörz (formerly NIWA), as a recognition of her important contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Epimeria. The name is a genitive. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♀, 36 mm, cruise PS 81, ANT-XXIX /3, stn 116-9, north of Joinville Island, 62°33.79ʹ S, 56°27.81ʹ W to 62°33.71ʹ S, 56°28.31ʹ W, 248 m, muddy bottom with stones, Pentapora - like bryozoans and a lot of life, Agassiz trawl, 26 Jan. 2013, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and M. Verheye (RBINS, INV. 122929 A) [extraction K 35; Genbank nr, 28 S: KU 759647]. Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 spec., photographed, cruise PS 14, ANT-VII /4, EPOS leg 3, stn 230, eastern Weddell Sea, 75°14.2ʹ S, 26°59.4ʹ W to 75°14.5ʹ S, 26°59.9ʹ W, 270–275 m, Agassiz trawl, 30 Jan. 1989, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132721); 4 specs, cruise PS 69, ANT-XXIII /8, stn 605-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.35ʹ S, 55°29.16ʹ W to 61°19.98ʹ S, 55°32.67ʹ W, 146–151 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122571); 2 specs, cruise PS 69, ANT-XXIII /8, stn 605-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.35ʹ S, 55°29.16ʹ W to 61°19.98ʹ S, 55°32.67ʹ W, 146–151 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert, ...