Epimeria amoenitas

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.
• ION

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