Epimeria leukhoplites

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) leukhoplites

Name

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

ZooBank: E52DDFA4-14DA-4458-9A3B-403A37E19A4B

Holotype: RBINS INV. 122470, ovigerous female

Type locality: SOUTHERN OCEAN: cruise PS69, ANT-XXIII/8, stn 605-5, Elephant Island, 61°20.27ʹ S, 55°30.92ʹ W to 61°20.37ʹ S, 55°28.99ʹ W, 131–152 m, Agassiz trawl, 20 Dec. 2006, coll. C. d’Udekem d’Acoz and H. Robert.

Paratypes: RBINS INV. 122536; RBINS INV. 122473; RBINS INV. 122538; RBINS INV. 122539.

Etymology: From the Greek, λευκος, white; οπλιτης, hoplite, citizen-soldier of the ancient Greece, referring to the armoured facies and the white or whitish colour 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 41-43, 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) leukhoplites d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042452 on 2020-07-22

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