Epimeria (Drakepimeria) pyrodrakon 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 pyrodrakon; Bransfield Strait; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857580; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A5A879BFFB56849FE31FC96CD7DFC95

Epimeria ( Drakepimeria ) pyrodrakon subgen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BC42CFAC-0277-4B3D-B6FD-06A9C2020D25 Figs 83–89 Epimeria macrodonta – Coleman 2007: 43, in part, fig. 21a–b, not colour plate 1d (= E. anguloce sp. nov.). ‘ Clade A similis / macrodonta complex - MA4’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 2 (online). non Epimeria macrodonta Walker, 1906: 16. Etymology From the Greek Πυρρὸς, flame-coloured, yellowish red; and δράκων, dragon. The name alludes to the Great Red Dragon of the Book of Revelation, because its highly intricate ornamentation is not unlike that of a dragon and its colour accurately matches with the description given by John the Apostle. The Book of Revelation (12.3) indeed states: “καὶ ὤϕθη ἄλλο σημϵῖον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἰδοὺ δράκων πυρρὸς μέγας, ἔχων κϵϕαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κϵϕαλὰς αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ διαδήματα”, which is translated as follows in the Holman Christian Standard Bible: “Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems”. The name is a noun in apposition. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♀, in absolute alcohol, cruise PS81, ANT-XXIX/3, stn 193-8, Bransfield Strait, 62°43.73ʹ S, 57°29.04ʹ W to 62°43.80ʹ S, 57°29.40ʹ W, 428–431 m, Agassiz trawl, 23 Feb 2013, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and M. Verheye (RBINS, INV. 132973) [extraction N1; Genbank nr, 28S: KU759677]. Paratypes RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 2 specs, cruise PS06, ANT-III/3, stn 348, eastern Weddell Sea, 72°50ʹ S, 19°23ʹ W, 490 m, bottom trawl, 20 Feb. 1985, coll. J. Plötz (RBINS, INV. 132724); 1 spec., cruise PS14, 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. 132722); 2 specs, kept on board in aquarium, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 8, AGT 2, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°18.70ʹ S, 12°17.10ʹ W to 71°18.45ʹ S, 12°16.30ʹ W, 170–174 m, 9 Feb. ...