Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cleo Verheye & Lörz & D'Acoz 2018, sp. nov.
Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cleo sp. nov. (Figs 1–5) Epimeria (Drakepimeria) sp. 1.— d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye 2017: 21, 65. Type material. MNA4450, holotype, ovigerous female, 34.5 mm, XIX Expedition / Hout 3 bis, RV Italica, 17 February 2004, 258 m, 72°17.45’ S 170°26.40’ E, western Ross...
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Online Access: | https://zenodo.org/record/5963362 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5963362 |
Summary: | Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cleo sp. nov. (Figs 1–5) Epimeria (Drakepimeria) sp. 1.— d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye 2017: 21, 65. Type material. MNA4450, holotype, ovigerous female, 34.5 mm, XIX Expedition / Hout 3 bis, RV Italica, 17 February 2004, 258 m, 72°17.45’ S 170°26.40’ E, western Ross Sea. NIWA20976, paratype 1, female, 30.2 mm, TAN0402 /188, RV Tangaroa, 27 February 2004, 286– 280m, 71°33.00' S 171°06.60’ E, western Ross Sea. NIWA20953, paratype 2, male, 30.6 mm, TAN0402 /22, RV Tangaroa, 9 February 2004, 151– 180m, 71°48.00’ S 170°56.40’ E, western Ross Sea. NIWA42762, paratype 3, female, 46 mm, TAN0802 /17, RV Tangaroa, 9 February 2008, 321m, 73°07.20’ S 174°19.20’ E, western Ross Sea. NIWA20965, paratype 4, male, 35.5 mm, TAN0402 /39, RV Tangaroa, 10 February 2004, 251– 253m, 71°45.00’ S 171°08.40’ E, western Ross Sea. MNA8688, paratype 5, female, 47 mm, XIX Expedition / Hout 3 bis, RV Italica, 17 February 2004, 258 m, 72°17.45’ S 170°26.40’ E, western Ross Sea. ZMH K-46194, paratype 6, female, 33.5 mm, TAN0402 /39, RV Tangaroa, 10 February 2004, 251– 253m, 71°45.00’ S 171°08.40’ E, western Ross Sea. NIWA20952, paratype 7, male, 52.1 mm, TAN0402 /17, RV Tangaroa, 5 February 2004, 403– 409m, 71°44.40’ S 171°39.00’ E, western Ross Sea. Etymology. Epimeria cleo sp. nov. is dedicated to the daughter of the first author, who was born during the preparation of this manuscript. The name is a noun in apposition. Description. Head: rostrum as long as head, overreaching distal margin of the first article of antenna 1; eye oval, 0.4 x head height. Pereonites: pereonite 1 subequal in length to head (excluding rostrum), pereonite 2 0.7 x length of pereonite 1, pereonites 1 and 2 lacking mid-dorsal process, bearing apically rounded weak carinate lateral projection; pereonites 3–7 with size-increasing, low mid-dorsal tooth (that of pereonite 2 nearly reduced to a bump); pereonites 3 to 5 bearing mid-lateral carinate projection (apically rounded in pereonite 3–4, apically acute or subacute in pereonite 5); pereonites 6 ... |
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