Epimeria (Drakepimeria) robertiana 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 robertiana; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Coleman
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857566; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857566

Epimeria (Drakepimeria) robertiana subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 8433E457-9757-41B0-BC19-2A95EE5E3176 Figs 99–105 Epimeria reoproi – Coleman 2007: in part, only plate 2 fig. h, not p. 49, not fig. 6, not map 13. — Lörz & Coleman 2009: unnumbered photograph on p. 17. — Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 62, pl. 55, unnumbered photograph. ‘ Clade A similis / macrodonta complex - SP2ʹ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 2 (online). non Epimeria reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001: 991–1001, figs 1–5. Etymology The species is dedicated to Henri Robert (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), who collected a large part of the type material. Robertianus, -a, -um is an adjective derived from his name. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♂, initially fixed in formalin, cruise PS71, ANT-XXIV/2, ANDEEP-SYSTCO, eastern Weddell Sea, given by colleagues to H. Robert on 22 Dec. 2007, presumably stn 17-10, of which the coordinates are: 70°4.58ʹ S, 3°19.66ʹ W to 70°4.48ʹ S, 3°19.20ʹ W, 2163–2190 m, Agassiz trawl, coll. H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132413). Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 spec., cruise PS48, ANT-XV/3, EASIZ II, stn 134, eastern Weddell Sea, 74°32.2ʹ S, 27°13.8ʹ W to 74°32.5ʹ S, 27°14.5ʹ W, 2054 – 2081 m, Agassiz trawl, 9 Feb. 1998, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132991); 1 immature spec., sex undetermined, cruise PS71, ANT-XXIV/2, ANDEEP-SYSTCO, stn 17-11, eastern Weddell Sea, 70°5.13ʹ S, 3°23.50ʹ W to 70°4.66ʹ S, 3°21.37ʹ W, 1724 – 2091 m, epibenthic sledge, 22 Dec. 2007, coll. H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132963) [extraction K44; Genbank nr, COI: KU870842, 28S: KU759618]; 2 specs, initially fixed in formalin, cruise PS71, ANT- XXIV/2, ANDEEP-SYSTCO, eastern Weddell Sea, given by colleagues to H. Robert on 22 Dec. 2007, presumably stn 17-10, of which the coordinates are: 70°4.58ʹ S, 3°19.66ʹ W to 70°4.48ʹ S, 3°19.20ʹ W, 2163 – 2190 m, Agassiz trawl, coll. H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132413). Description ROSTRUM. Long, overreaching mid of article 2 of peduncle of ...