Epimeria (Subepimeria) teres d'Acoz & Verheye 2017, 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 teres; Juv; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3857662; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857662

Epimeria (Subepimeria) teres sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 87DB1EDA-29A4-493E-84BF-9A68EFF422ED Figs 307–313 Epimeria aff. puncticulata –? Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 61, pl. 54. ‘Clade B puncticulata complex - PUN2ʹ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 3 (online). Epimeria puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930: 377, fig. 42. Etymology Teres, teres, terete, Latin adjective meaning round and smooth, which seems appropriate for a very smooth Epimeria species. Type material Holotype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: adult, sex undetermined, cruise PS77, ANT-XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 248- 2, Larsen B, 65°57.51ʹ S, 60°28.15ʹ W to 65°57.69ʹ S, 60°28.30ʹ W, 196–202 m, Agassiz trawl and Rauschert dredge, 7 Mar. 2011, coll. C. Havermans and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132951) [extraction I2; Genbank nr, COI: KU870845, 28S: KU759622]. Paratype RV Polarstern cruises: SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 juv., sex undetermined, cruise PS77, ANT-XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 248- 2, Larsen B, 65°57.51ʹ S, 60°28.15ʹ W to 65°57.69ʹ S, 60°28.30ʹ W, 196–202 m, Agassiz trawl and Rauschert dredge, 7 Mar. 2011, coll. C. Havermans and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 122896). Description ROSTRUM. In lateral view fairly short and narrow, reaching tip of article 1 of peduncle of antenna 1, weakly and regularly curved on anterior border, posterior border straight, tip very acute; in frontal view triangular: narrow, with straight converging borders, with tip blunt. EYES. Large, broadly elliptic. PEREION–PLEOSOME TOOTH PATTERN. Pereionites 1–7 totally smooth; pleonite 1 keeled along all its length, posteriorly terminated by tiny but distinct bump; pleonite 2 keeled with well developed acute posterodorsal tooth; pleonite 3 keeled with posterodorsal tip forming a distinct blunt process (shape: acute angle) distinctly projecting backwards. COXAE 1–3. Tip acute. COXA 4. Narrow; anterodorsal and anteroventral border forming a continuous curve without any trace of discontinuity (there is no distinct anterior corner), not curving significantly more ventrally; the coxa is not projecting ...