Epimeria abyssalis

Epimeria abyssalis

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 abyssalis

Name

Epimeria abyssalis Shimomura & Tomikawa, 2016

Holotype: Ovigerous ♀ (53 mm) (KMNH IvR 500905), with 5 eggs, 22–23 September 2001, 4 m ORE beam trawl, towed by R/V “Hakuho-Maru”.

Type locality: Sta. KH-01-02-XR-12, 41°37.67N, 146°54.19E–41°26.20N, 146°23.03E, 5473–5484 m depth, muddy bottom, Kuril–Kamchatka Trench

Paratypes: 1 ovigerous ♀ (47 mm) (KMNH IvR 500906), 1 juvenile ♀ (22 mm) (KMNH IvR 500907), Sta. KH-01-02-XR-8, 41°50.08 N 145°37.85E–41°49.70N 145°35.18E, 5695–5664 m depth, muddy bottom, Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, 19 September 2001, 4 m ORE beam trawl, towed by R/V “Hakuho-Maru”.

ZooBank: 1A3E4D57-208C-40F9-8B63-484F2304A8B2

References

Primary references

• Shimomura, M. & Tomikawa, K. 2016. Epimeria abyssalis sp. n. from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Epimeriidae). ZooKeys 638: 125-142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.638.10329. Reference page. 
  • [original description of Epimeria abyssalis: p. 126–140]

Links

• Epimeria abyssalis in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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