Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cyrano 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 cyrano; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857544; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A5A879BFFA5685AFE14F8ABCD94FB45

Epimeria ( Drakepimeria ) cyrano subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 7E682282-1C82-4A2B-BEEC-54B05FEEA37C Figs 44–50 ‘ Clade A similis / macrodonta complex - SP1’ – Verheye et al . 2016a, supplement: 2 (online). Etymology Cyrano de Bergerac is the central character of the eponymous play by Edmond Rostand. In the play, Cyrano is described as endowed with a prominent nose. The name, which is a noun in apposition, alludes to the long, straight and anteriorly directed rostrum of the species. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 ♀, cruise PS77, ANT XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 263-6, eastern Weddell Sea, BENDEX area, 70°38.66ʹ S, 10°28.16ʹ W to 70°39.50ʹ S, 10°32.91ʹ W, depth not given [Google Earth depth range for the coordinates: 867–955 m (accessed 27 Sep. 2016)], gear: “BPT” (presumably benthopelagic trawl), 21 Mar. 2011, coll. Ch. Havermans and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132967) [extraction I16; Genbank nr, COI: KU870842, 28S: KU759618]. Description ROSTRUM. Very long, reaching about tip of article 2 of peduncle of antenna 1, straight and anteriorly directed, sharp-tipped in lateral view. EYE. Medium-sized, elliptic. PEREION–PLEOSOME TOOTH PATTERN. All pereionites and pleosomites with large styliform mid-dorsal tooth and pair of large styliform dorsolateral teeth; the mid-dorsal tooth of pereionite 1 is oriented forward, the others are directed posteriorly, the most posterior ones being the most backwards directed; the size of the mid-dorsal teeth slightly increase backwards; pereionite 2 nearly as broad as pereionite 1. COXAE 1–3. Strongly carinate, curving forward and laterally, distally very sharp. COXA 4. Anterodorsal border weakly concave, and anteroventral border straight, the two border are joined by obtuse but very distinct angular discontinuity; anterior angle slightly projecting forward; ventral tooth medium-sized, long and styliform, curving laterally; lateral carina with lateral long and sharp styliform tooth pointing laterally (scarcely oriented backwards). COXA 5. With ...