Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967

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Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967

Euphilomedes Poulsen, 1962: 359 [nomen nudum; without type species] Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967: 1 [designated type species]

Type species: Euphilomedes nodosus Poulsen, 1962 (original designation by Kornicker, 1967).

Remarks: Poulsen (1962) erected this genus for eight species but did not designate a type species. Kornicker (1967) designated the type species as Euphilomedes nodosus Poulsen, 1962 and thus validated the genus name.

The genus is diagnosed by this combination of features: carapace with shallow incisur, carapace with no ribs, second antenna endopod with two articles, furca with setae between primary claws, and furcal claws and setae with sutures at lamella.

Composition: The genus includes E. africanus ( Klie, 1940) ; E. asper ( Müller, 1894) ; E. bradyi Poulsen, 1962 ; E. carcharodontus ( Smith, 1952) ; E. climax Kornicker, 1991 ; E. cooki Harrison-Nelson and Kornicker, 2000 ; E. corrugatus ( Brady, 1897) ; E. erynx Kornicker, 1995 ; E. ijimai ( Kajiyama, 1912) ; E. japonicus ( Müller, 1890) ; E. kornickeri Hartmann, 1974 ; E. longisetus ( Juday 1907) ; E. morini Kornicker and Harrison- Nelson, 1997; E. nipponicus Hiruta, 1976 ; E. nodosus Poulsen, 1962 ; E. pseudosordidus Chavtur et al. 2007 , E. sinister sinister Kornicker, 1974 ; E. sinister pentathrix Kornicker and Caraion, 1977 ; E. smithi Poulsen, 1962 ; E. sordidus ( Müller 1890) ; E. walfordi Poulsen, 1962 ; E. debilis ( Brady 1902) . Including the new species described below, there are currently 22 species and two subspecies in Euphilomedes . These species epithets may also have been reported in their feminine form, but the Greek proper noun Philomedes has masculine gender (Kornicker, personal communication).

Distribution: Species are known from the eastern Atlantic ( South Africa, Mauritania), Mediterranean, Red Sea, east coast of Australia, Indo-Pacific ( Sri Lanka, Thailand, Coral Sea), Japan, Korea, and the eastern Pacific coast ( Panama and USA), in the depth range of 0– 250m. One species is also known from hydrothermal vents in the eastern Pacific at a depth of 1700m ( Kornicker 1991). The new species described herein extends the distribution of Euphilomedes to the western Atlantic.