Epimeria acanthochelon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iphimedioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraordo: Amphilochida Parvordo: Amphilochidira Superfamilia: Iphimedioidea

Familia: Epimeriidae
Genus: Epimeria
Subgenus: Epimeria (Drakepimeria)
Species: Epimeria (Drakepimeria) acanthochelon

Name

Epimeria acanthochelon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017

ZooBank: B878492E-3294-4449-A17D-DBD502918370

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2014-7321, female

Type locality: SOUTHERN OCEAN: cruise CEAMARC, sample CEAMARC 1421, stn 62EV303, Adélie Coast, 66°10ʹ34″ S, 143°20ʹ45″ E, 532–550 m, beam trawl, 4 Jan. 2008

Paratypes: RBINS INV. 132698 (4 specimens); RBINS INV. 132699 (1 specimen); RBINS INV. 132697 (1 specimen); RBINS INV. 132706 (1 specimen); RBINS INV. 132696 (1 specimen); RBINS INV. 132705 (c.a. 30 specimens).

Etymology: From the Greek ακανθα (spine) and χελώνη (tortoise), referring to the toothed and heavily calcified body of the species, which can be compared to a spiny tortoise.

References

d'Udekem d'Acoz, C., Verheye, M.L. 2017. Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy. 359: 1-553. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359 Reference page. [see pages 22-26, original description]

Links

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2020). World Amphipoda Database. Epimeria (Drakepimeria) acanthochelon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042446 on 2020-07-17
MNHN, Chagnoux S (2020). The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 68.174. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qgvvhd accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-17. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1835601031

BHL bibliography
Epimeria acanthochelon – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epimeria acanthochelon.
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