Epimeria liui

Epimeria liui

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
Species: Epimeria liui

Name

Epimeria liui Wang, Zhu, Sha & Ren, 2020

Holotype: Ovigerous ♀ (17.8 mm) (MBM 286613), dissected, 6 June 2019, collected by team of ROV FAXIAN.

Type locality: Unnamed seamount on Caroline Plate, NW Pacific, M6089, St. FX-Dive 218, 10°07'N, 140°14'E, depth 813–1242 m

Etymology: named after Rui-Yu Liu

ZooBank: 419AB34B-9A78-4AAE-9D4B-D18F716134E9

References

Primary references

• Wang, Y-R., Zhu, C-D., Sha, Z-L. & Ren, X-Q. 2020. Epimeria liui sp. nov., a new calcified amphipod (Amphipoda, Amphilochidea, Epimeriidae) from a seamount of the Caroline Plate, NW Pacific. ZooKeys, 922: 1–11. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.922.49141 Reference page. 
  • [original description of Epimeria liui: p. 3–8]

Links

• Epimeria liui in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Epimeria liui – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epimeria liui.
• ION
• Species-ID

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