Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) gargantua 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 gargantua; Southern Ocean; King George Island; Bransfield Strait; Coleman; Elephant Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857572; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857572

Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) gargantua subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E5FDFA56-F77B-46D9-9665-644728A7970C Figs 145–151 Epimeria robusta Klages, 1988: 73, unnumbered fig., 76, 82, figs 20a–b. Epimeria robustoides ? Lörz & Coleman in Lörz et al., 2009: 10, possibly in part, possibly fig. 10A, not figs 2–5 (= E. robustoides). Epimeria robusta – Coleman 1994: 560, in part, fig. 5D only. ‘ Clade G robustoides / robusta complex - RO1’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 4 (online). non Epimeria robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930: 375, figs 40a, 41. non Epimeria robustoides Lörz & Coleman in Lörz et al., 2009: 10, figs 2–5. Etymology Gargantua is a giant and one of the main characters in the tales of François Rabelais, such as ‘La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel’. The name, which is a noun in apposition, alludes to the huge size of the species, which is the largest known Epimeria species. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♀, cruise PS81, ANT-XXIX/3, Bransfield Strait, stn 196-8, 62°47.80ʹ S, 57°5.35ʹ W to 62°47.63ʹ S, 57°5.63ʹ W, 542–580 m, trawl haul with huge stones and a lot of life, Agassiz trawl, 24 Feb. 2013, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and M. Verheye (RBINS, INV. 122937A) [extraction ANT33; Genbank nr, COI: KU870820, 28S: KU759592]. Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 medium-sized spec., cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 662-1, between Elephant Island and King George Island, 61°35.91ʹ S, 57°17.04ʹ W to 61°35.41ʹ S, 57°20.60ʹ W, 425–432 m, bottom trawl, 30 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122491); 2 large specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 663-1, northeast of King George Island, 61°38.18ʹ S, 57°33.17ʹ W to 61°38.02ʹ S, 57°37.16ʹ W, bottom trawl, 432–434 m, 30 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122494); 5 specs, cruise PS81, ANT-XXIX/3, Bransfield Strait, stn 196-8, 62°47.80ʹ S, 57°5.35ʹ W to 62°47.63ʹ S, 57°5.63ʹ W, 542–580 m, trawl haul with huge stones and a lot of life, Agassiz ...