Epimeria cyrano

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) cyrano

Name

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

ZooBank: 7E682282-1C82-4A2B-BEEC-54B05FEEA37C

Holotype: ANT XXVII/3, female

Type locality: SOUTHERN OCEAN: cruise PS77, ANT XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 263-6, eastern Weddell Sea, BENDEX area, 70°38.66ʹ S, 10°28.16ʹ W to 70°39.50ʹ S, 10°32.91ʹ W, 21 Mar. 2011, coll. Ch. Havermans and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132967)

Etymology: named after "Cyrano de Bergerac" the character described by Edmond Rostand as endowed with a prominent nose, referring to the long, straight and anteriorly directed rostrum of the species.

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 36-38, 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) cyrano d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042450 on 2020-07-20

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