Epimeria amoenitas

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 (Pseudepimeria)
Species: Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) amoenitas

Name

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

ZooBank: 191AE45C-F84D-412A-B0E1-CFA3251C5824

Holotype: MNHN-IU-2014-4327, female with hatchlings.

Type locality: SOUTHERN OCEAN: ♀cruise CEAMARC, sample CEAMARC 3978, stn 36EV297, Adélie Coast, 66°20ʹ19.806″ S, 143°41ʹ07.782″ E, 552–573 m, beam trawl, 4 Jan. 2008, coll. IPEVAAD-MNHN

Etymology: from Latin amoenitas (pleasantness, loveliness), referring to the fact the species is as elegant as its close relative Epimeria pulchra, of which the specific epithet means beautiful.

References

Primary 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 122-124, 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 (Pseudepimeria) amoenitas d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042469 on 2020-08-17
MNHN, Chagnoux S (2020). The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 68.178. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qgvvhd accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-08-17. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1062376029

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