Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata, 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 : 96-97

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.359
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3857620
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scientific name	Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata
status	subgen. nov.

Treatment

Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata View in CoL subgen. nov. Watling & Holman, 1980

Fig. 208 View Fig

Epimeria rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980: 642 View in CoL , figs 22–23.

Epimeria rimicarinata View in CoL – De Broyer & Klages 1991: 165 (key). — Wakabara & Serejo 1999: 642 (key). — Coleman 2007: 51, fig. 27a–c, colour plate 2e, map 13 (circle). — Lörz & Coleman 2009: unnumbered photograph on p. 17.

‘Clade E georgiana-rimicarinata-rubriequies [sic] complex - RI’ – Verheye et al. 2016a, supplement: 4 (online).

Material examined

RV Marion Dufresne cruises:

SOUTHERN OCEAN: 1 spec., specimen used for illustrations, cruise MD42 (SIBEX), stn 22-CP66, Prydz Bay, 66°55ʹ45″ S, 74°04ʹ11″ E, depth not given [Google Earth depth for that position: 427 m (accessed 27 Sep. 2016)], 26 Jan. 1985 (MNHN-IU-2014-4265) [extraction M24; Genbank nr, COI: KU870887 View Materials ]; 1 spec., previously identified as Epimeria grandirostris , cruise MD42 (SIBEX), stn 22- CP73, Prydz Bay, 66°57ʹ25″ S, 72°41ʹ24″ E, depth not given [Google Earth depth for that position: 540 m (accessed 27 Sep. 2016)], 26 Jan. 1985 (MNHN-IU-2014-4256).

Diagnosis

Morphology unique in the genus Epimeria . Pereionite 2 with small but broad posterodorsal tooth; pereionite 3 to pleonite 3 laterally sculptured, with tridimentionally sculptured and medially notched mid-dorsal tooth. Posteroventral border of coxa 4 very concave, surface just in front of this border forming a very deep groove.

Colour pattern

Red with on each side a broad white longitudinal stripe running along the upper part of the coxae ( Coleman 2007: plate 2 fig. e) or blood red with white patches ( Lörz & Coleman 2009: unnumbered photograph p. 17).

Distribution

Western Ross Sea, 337–474 m ( Watling & Holman 1980); Prydz Bay, 427–540 m (present material).

References

Coleman C. O. 2007. Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Volume 2: Acanthonotozomellidae, Amathillopsidae, Dikwidae, Epimeriidae, Iphimediidae, Ochlesidae and Vicmusiidae. Bullelin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie / Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Biologie 77, supplement 2: 1 - 134.

De Broyer C. & Klages M. 1991. A new Epimeria (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Paramphithoidae) from the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science 3 (2): 159 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0954102091000196

Lorz A. - N. & Coleman O. 2009. Living gems: jewel-like creatures from the deep. Water & Atmosphere 17 (1): 16 - 17. Available from https: // www. niwa. co. nz / sites / niwa. co. nz / files / import / attachments / gems. pdf [accessed 27 Sep. 2016].

Verheye M., Backeljau T. & d'Udekem d'Acoz C. 2016 a. Looking beneath the tip of the iceberg: diversification of the genus Epimeria on the Antarctic shelf (Crustacea, Amphipoda). In: Gutt J., David B. & Isla E. (eds) High environmental variability and steep biological gradients in the waters off the northern Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 39 (5): 925 - 945, online supplementary material https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 016 - 1910 - 5

Wakabara Y. & Serejo C. S. 1999. Amathillopsidae and Epimeriidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from bathyal depths off the Brazilian coast. Zoosystema 21 (4): 625 - 645.

Watling L. & Holman H. 1980. New amphipoda from the Southern Ocean, with partial revisions of the Acanthonotozomatidae and Paramphithoidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Available from http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 34599492 [accessed 27 Sep. 2016].

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
SubPhylum	Crustacea
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Amphipoda
SuperFamily	Eusiroidea
Family	Epimeriidae
Genus	Epimeria
SubGenus	Hoplepimeria