Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) quasimodo 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 quasimodo; Coleman; Elephant Island; Joinville; Joinville Island; Juv; Southern Ocean; Victor Hugo
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857576; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857576

Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) quasimodo subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DA484D99-BC6E-4E9D-B06E-9D775DCB7FD1 Figs 198–207 Epimeria georgiana – Watling & Holman 1981: 211, in part, fig. 19. — Coleman 1991: 3, fig. 1A–C. Epimeria georgiana Clade C – Lörz et al. 2011: 3, fig. 1 (square), 12.3, 13 row 3, 14E, 14F, table 3. ‘Clade E georgiana-rimicarinata-rubriequies [sic] complex - GE1’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 4 (online). non Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931: 160. Etymology Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame, is a well-known character from the novel ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ by Victor Hugo. The name, which is a noun in apposition, alludes to the humpbacked silhouette of the species. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♀, cruise PS81, ANT-XXIX/3, stn 160-3, East of Joinville Island, 63°10.57ʹ S, 54°06.66ʹ W to 63°10.71ʹ S, 54°06.37ʹ W, 238–244 m, Agassiz trawl, 8 Feb. 2013 (RBINS, INV. 122930A) [extraction K23; Genbank nr, COI: KU870857, 28S: KU759635]. Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 ♀, cruise PS14, ANT-VII/4, EPOS leg 3, stn 211, Elephant Island, 60°59.8ʹ S, 55°12.1ʹ W to 60°59.3ʹ S, 55°10.5ʹ W, 207–213 m, bottom trawl, 15 Jan. 1989, coll. C. De Broyer (RBINS, INV. 132950); 3 specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 604-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.52ʹ S, 55°09.72ʹ W to 61°20.11ʹ S, 55°07.26ʹ W, 286–407 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122467); 3 specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 604-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.52ʹ S, 55°09.72ʹ W to 61°20.11ʹ S, 55°07.26ʹ W, 286–407 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122496); 2 specs, cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 604-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.52ʹ S, 55°09.72ʹ W to 61°20.11ʹ S, 55°07.26ʹ W, 286–407 m, bottom trawl, 19 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122500); 1 juv., cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 604-1, Elephant Island, 61°20.52ʹ S, 55°09.72ʹ W to 61°20.11ʹ S, 55°07.26ʹ W, 286–407 m, ...