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Epimeria Costa, 1851 
AphiaID: 101506

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Epimeriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Epimeria tricristata Costa, 1851 (type by monotypy)
Parent Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871
Synonymised
taxa
  Epimeriella Walker, 1906
Sources  basis of record: De Broyer C., Lowry J.K., Jazdzewski K. & Robert H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 295-308 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

source of synonymy: Lörz AN, Maas EW, Linse K, Coleman CO (2009) Do circum-Antarctic species exist in peracarid Amphipoda? A case study in the genus Epimeria Costa, 1851 (Crustacea, Peracarida, Epimeriidae). In: Bruce N (Ed) Advances in the taxonomy and biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere. ZooKeys 18: 91–128., available online at http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/103/103-G-1-layout.pdf [details]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Epimeria angelikae Lôrz, Smith, Linse, Steinke, 2011
Species Epimeria annabellae Coleman, 1994
Species Epimeria bathyalis Wakabara & Serejo, 1999
Species Epimeria bispinosa Ledoyer, 1986
Species Epimeria bruuni J.L. Barnard, 1961
Species Epimeria concordia Griffiths, 1977
Species Epimeria cora J.L. Barnard, 1971
Species Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779)
Species Epimeria extensa Andres, 1985
Species Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
Species Epimeria glaucosa J.L. Barnard, 1961
Species Epimeria grandirostris (Chevreux, 1912)
Species Epimeria heldi Coleman, 1998
Species Epimeria horsti Lörz, 2008
Species Epimeria inermis Walker, 1903
Species Epimeria intermedia Schellenberg, 1931
Species Epimeria larsi Lörz, 2009
Species Epimeria longispinosa K.H. Barnard, 1916
Species Epimeria loricata G.O. Sars, 1879
Species Epimeria macrodonta Walker, 1906
Species Epimeria macronyx (Walker, 1906)
Species Epimeria monodon Stephensen, 1947
Species Epimeria norfanzi Lörz, 2010
Species Epimeria obtusa Watling, 1981
Species Epimeria oxicarinata Coleman, 1990
Species Epimeria pacifica Gurjanova, 1955
Species Epimeria parasitica (M. Sars, 1858)
Species Epimeria pelagica Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1958
Species Epimeria pulchra Coleman, 1990
Species Epimeria puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930
Species Epimeria reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001
Species Epimeria rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980
Species Epimeria robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930
Species Epimeria robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009
Species Epimeria rotunda Wakabara & Serejo, 1999
Species Epimeria rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991
Species Epimeria scabrosa (K.H. Barnard, 1930)
Species Epimeria schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007
Species Epimeria semiarmata K.H. Barnard, 1916
Species Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912
Species Epimeria subcarinata Nagata, 1963
Species Epimeria truncata (Andres, 1985)
Species Epimeria tuberculata G.O. Sars, 1893
Species Epimeria ultraspinosa Wakabara & Serejo, 1999
Species Epimeria vaderi Coleman, 1998
Species Epimeria victoria (Hurley, 1957)
Species Epimeria walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930)
Species Epimeria yaquinae McCain, 1971

Species Epimeria glacialis Stuxberg, 1880 (nomen nudum)

Species Epimeria conspicua Stebbing, 1883 accepted as Epimeria loricata G.O. Sars, 1879
Species Epimeria cranchii White, 1847 accepted as Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779)
Species Epimeria excisipes K.H. Barnard, 1932 accepted as Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
Species Epimeria geodesiae (Bellan-Santini, 1972) accepted as Epimeria puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930
Species Epimeria oveni Bate, 1857 accepted as Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779)
Species Epimeria tricristata Costa, 1851 accepted as Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779)
Environment marine
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Epimeria n sp aff reoproi ANTXXIII-8 St 614-3 Elephant Island
Epimeria n sp aff reoproi ANTXXIII-8 St 614-3 Elephant Island
added on 2007-03-08 - author: Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz
qualitystatus: not checked

Epimeria n sp aff reoproi ANTXXIII-8 St 614-3 Elephant Island
Epimeria n sp aff reoproi ANTXXIII-8 St 614-3 Elephant Island
added on 2007-03-08 - author: Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101506
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  checked  Costello, Mark
2007-02-08 10:38:54Z  changed  De Broyer, Claude
2007-02-08 19:35:19Z  changed  De Broyer, Claude
2010-08-19 09:12:43Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Epimeria Costa, 1851. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101506 on 2013-05-26
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