Epimeria Costa, 1851

Loerz, Anne, Maas, Elizabeth, Linse, Katrin & Coleman, Charles Oliver, 2009, Do circum-Antarctic species exist in peracarid Amphipoda? A case study in the genus Epimeria Costa, 1851 (Crustacea, Peracarida, Epimeriidae), ZooKeys 18, pp. 91-128 : 97-100

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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.18.103

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3791525

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Epimeria Costa, 1851
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Genus Epimeria Costa, 1851 View in CoL in Hope, 1851

? Vertumnus White, 1847: 89 View in CoL [nomen nudum].

Epimeria Costa, 1851: 24 View in CoL [nomen nudum].– Costa in Hope 1851: 46. – Karaman and Barnard 1979: 108.– Watling and Holman 1980: 642.– Coleman 2007: 31.

Pseudepimeria Chevreux, 1912: 9 View in CoL (type species Pseudepimeria grandirostris Chevreux, 1912 View in CoL ; original designation).

Subepimeria Bellan-Santini, 1972b: 225 View in CoL (type species Subepimeria geodesiae View in CoL Bellan- Santini, 1972; original designation).

Epimeriella View in CoL .– Walker 1906: 17.– Karaman and Barnard 1979: 107.– Coleman 2007: 56 (type species Epimeriella macronyx Walker, 1906 View in CoL ; by monotypy). syn. n.

Type species. Epimeria tricristata Costa, 1851 View in CoL in Hope , 1851; by monotypy .

Remarks. The most recent family diagnoses for the Epimeriidae is that of Coleman (2007), Coleman and Barnard (1991), and Barnard and Karaman (1991).

Based on the genetic data presented in the following and a detailed morphological evaluation of the weak morphological separation criteria between Epimeriella and Epimeria we herewith synonymize Epimeriella with Epimeria . Since we transfer the species Epimeriella macronyx Walker, 1906 ; Epimeriella scabrosa Barnard, 1930 ; Epimeriella truncata Andres, 1985 ; Epimeriella victoria ( Hurley, 1957 a) and Epimeriella walkeri Barnard, 1930 to the genus Epimeria , we herewith give a new genus diagnosis.

The diagnosis has been broadened from that given by Barnard and Karaman (1991) since it now included characters formerly predominantly occurring in the genus Epimeriella such as a smooth body and the laminar, none triturative pars molaris.

Diagnosis. Body covered with teeth or processes or body poorly armed, almost smooth. Antenna 1 peduncular article 2 shorter than 1. Accessory flagellum present or absent. Mouthparts projecting quadrately. Upper lip incised or almost entire; epistome not very broad. Mandibular incisor ordinary, toothed, setal row present; molar blunt, strong, triturative or simple, conical or laminar. Lower lip inner lobes absent, outer lobes relatively broad. Hypopharyngeal gap sometimes widened. Maxilla 1 palp 2-articulate, article 2 ordinary. Maxilla 2 inner plate without facial row of setae. Maxilliped inner plate narrower but as long as outer plate, latter elongate; palp article 2 narrow and unproduced; palp article 4 well developed, unguiform or serrate. Coxae 1–4 progressively longer; coxae 4–5 forming ventral arc; coxa 4 long, polycuspidate. Gnathopods alike, articles 5–6 elongate, subchelate (typical), sometimes simple. Telson incised or cleft.

After synonymising Epimeriella with Epimeria , the genus Epimera now includes 46 species:

Epimeria annabellae Coleman, 1994 View in CoL ;

Epimeria bathyalis Wakabara and Serejo, 1999 View in CoL ;

Epimeria bispinosa Ledoyer, 1986 View in CoL ;

Epimeria bruuni Barnard, 1961 View in CoL ;

Epimeria cora Barnard, 1971 View in CoL ;

Epimeria concordia Griffiths, 1977 View in CoL ;

Epimeria cornigera (J.C. Fabricius, 1779) View in CoL ;

Epimeria extensa Andres, 1985 View in CoL ;

Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 View in CoL ;

Epimeria glaucosa Barnard, 1961 View in CoL ;

Epimeria grandirostris ( Chevreux, 1912) View in CoL ;

Epimeria heldi Coleman CO (1998a) View in CoL ;

Epimeria horsti Lörz, 2008 View in CoL ;

Epimeria inermis Walker, 1903 View in CoL ;

Epimeria intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 View in CoL ;

Epimeria longispinosa Barnard, 1916 View in CoL ;

Epimeria loricata G.O. Sars, 1879 View in CoL ;

Epimeria macrodonta Walker, 1906 View in CoL ;

Epimeria macronyx ( Walker, 1906) View in CoL , comb. n.;

Epimeria monodon Stephensen, 1947 View in CoL ;

Epimeria obtusa Watling, 1981 View in CoL ;

Epimeria oxicarinata Coleman, 1990 View in CoL ;

Epimeria pacifica Gurjanova, 1955 View in CoL ;

Epimeria parasitica (M. Sars, 1858) View in CoL ;

Epimeria pelagica Birstein and M. Vinogradov, 1958 View in CoL ;

Epimeria pulchra Coleman, 1990 View in CoL ;

Epimeria puncticulata Barnard, 1930 View in CoL ;

Epimeria reoproi Lörz and Coleman, 2001 View in CoL ;

Epimeria rimicarinata Watling and Holman, 1980 View in CoL ;

Epimeria robusta Barnard, 1930 View in CoL ;

Epimeria robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009 View in CoL , sp. n.;

Epimeria rotunda Wakabara & Serejo, 1999 View in CoL ;

Epimeria rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991 View in CoL ;

Epimeria scabrosa ( Barnard, 1930) View in CoL , comb. n.;

Epimeria schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse and Fenwick 2007 View in CoL ;

Epimeria semiarmata Barnard, 1916 View in CoL ;

Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912 View in CoL ;

Epimeria subcarinata Nagata, 1963 View in CoL ;

Epimeria tuberculata G.O. Sars, 1895 View in CoL ;

Epimeria truncata ( Andres, 1985) View in CoL , comb. n.;

Epimeria ultraspinosa Wakabara and Serejo, 1999 View in CoL ;

Epimeria vaderi Coleman CO (1998b) View in CoL ;

Epimeria victoria ( Hurley, 1957) View in CoL , comb. n.;

Epimeria walkeri ( Barnard, 1930) View in CoL , comb. n.;

Epimeria yaquinae McCain, 1971 View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Epimeriidae

Loc

Epimeria Costa, 1851

Loerz, Anne, Maas, Elizabeth, Linse, Katrin & Coleman, Charles Oliver 2009
2009
Loc

Subepimeria

Bellan-Santini D 1972: 225
1972
Loc

Pseudepimeria

Chevreux ME 1912: 9
1912
Loc

Epimeriella

Coleman C 2007: 56
Karaman GS & Barnard LJ 1979: 107
Walker AO 1906: 17
1906
Loc

Epimeria

Coleman C 2007: 31
Watling L & Holman H 1980: 642
Karaman GS & Barnard LJ 1979: 108
Costa A 1851: 24
1851
Loc

Vertumnus

White A 1847: 89
1847
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