Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae, d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017

d’Acoz, Cédric d’Udekem & Verheye, Marie L., 2017, Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 359, pp. 1-553 : 157-158

Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae subgen. nov. Coleman, 1994

Figs 320–321

Epimeria annabellae Coleman, 1994: 555–560 , figs 1–4.

Epimeria annabellae – Coleman 1998b: 224; 2007: 35, fig. 14a–b, colour pl. 1 fig. h, map 6 (rhomb). — Wakabara & Serejo 1999: 644 (key). — Rauschert &Arntz 2015: 61, pl. 54, unnumbered photograph.

Material examined

RV Polarstern cruises:

SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 spec., cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 2, MG 29, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°18.60ʹ S, 12°25.40ʹ W, 181 m, 22 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle ( RBINS, INV. 132701); 1 spec., cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 2 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,Agassiz trawl, 9 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle ( RBINS, INV. 132715); 10 specs, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 6, AGT 1, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°31.80ʹ S, 13°34.50ʹ W to 71°31.86ʹ S, 13°35.50ʹ W, 254–261 m, Agassiz trawl, 8 Jan. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle ( RBINS, INV. 132679); 2 specs, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 6, AGT 1, eastern Weddell Sea, 71°31.80ʹ S, 13°34.50ʹ W to 71°31.86ʹ S, 13°35.50ʹ W, 254–261 m, Agassiz trawl, 8 Jan. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle (MNHN-IU-2014-7341, removed from RBINS, INV. 132679); 1 spec., 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. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle ( RBINS, INV. 132999); 5 specs, 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. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle ( RBINS, INV. 132713); 2 large specs, cruise PS39, ANT-XIII/3, EASIZ I, stn 12, GSN 5, eastern Weddell Sea, 73°18.10ʹ S, 21°10.10ʹ W, to 73°17.10ʹ S, 21°08.20ʹ W, 457–459 m, bottom trawl, 14 Feb. 1996, coll. C. De Broyer and G. Chapelle ( RBINS, INV. 132704); 1 spec., cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 603-5, eastern Weddell Sea, 70°30.99ʹ S, 08°48.08ʹ W to 70°30.40ʹ S, 08°48.13ʹ W, 274–297 m, sponge bottom, Agassiz trawl, 7 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert ( RBINS, INV. 122476) [extraction N2; Genbank nr, COI: KU870890 , 28S: KU759678 ]; 1 spec., cruise PS77, ANT-XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 260-6, eastern Weddell Sea, BENDEX area, 70°50.56ʹ S, 10°36.20ʹ W to 70°50.71ʹ S, 10°36.56ʹ W, 251–253 m, Agassiz trawl, 20 Mar. 2011, coll. Ch. Havermans and H. Robert ( RBINS, INV. 132952) [extraction I1; Genbank nr, COI: KU870837 , 28S: KU759611 ] [the station number given by Verheye et al. (2016a) is incorrect]; 1 spec., cruise PS77, ANT-XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 275-3, eastern Weddell Sea, 70°56.01ʹ S, 10°29.28ʹ W to 70°56.01ʹ S, 10°28.72ʹ W, 219–226 m, coll. Ch. Havermans and H. Robert ( RBINS, INV. 122898).

Colour pattern

Whitish, often speckled with scattered orange dots; peduncle of antenna 1 often orange; eyes reddish.

Body length

Up to 25 mm.

Distribution

Eastern shelf of Weddell Sea, 159–459 m ( De Broyer et al. 2007).

Figures

Fig. 320. Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae subgen. nov. Coleman, 1994, sex undetermined, eastern Weddell Sea, ANT-XXVII/3, stn 260-6, RBINS, INV. 132952. Lateral habitus (colour in life). Photograph: Armin Rose.

Fig. 321. Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae subgen. nov. Coleman, 1994, sex undetermined, eastern Weddell Sea, ANT-XXVII/3, stn 260-6, RBINS, INV. 132952. A. Lateral habitus. B. Frontal habitus.