Amphipoda taxon details

Epimeria A. Costa in Hope, 1851

Epimeria n sp aff reoproi ANTXXIII-8 St 614-3 Elephant Island
Epimeria n sp aff reoproi ANTXXIII-8 St 614-3 Elephant Island

101506  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101506)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Amphilochidea (Suborder)
  11. Amphilochida (Infraorder)
  12. Amphilochidira (Parvorder)
  13. Iphimedioidea (Superfamily)
  14. Epimeriidae (Family)
  15. Epimeria (Genus)
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  1. Subgenus Epimeria (Drakepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    1. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) acanthochelon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    2. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) anguloce d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    3. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cleo Verheye, Lörz & d'Udekem d‘Acoz, 2018
    4. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) colemani d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    5. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) corbariae d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    6. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cyrano d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    7. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) havermansiana d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    8. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) leukhoplites d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    9. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) loerzae d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    10. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) macrodonta Walker, 1906
    11. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) pandora d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    12. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) pyrodrakon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    13. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001
    14. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) robertiana d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    15. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007
    16. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) similis Chevreux, 1912
    17. Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) vaderi Coleman, 1998
  2. Subgenus Epimeria (Epimeria) A. Costa in Hope, 1851
    1. Species Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera (Fabricius, 1779)
    2. Species Epimeria (Epimeria) loricata G.O. Sars, 1879
    3. Species Epimeria (Epimeria) parasitica (M. Sars, 1858)
    4. Species Epimeria (Epimeria) tuberculata G.O. Sars, 1893
    5. Species Epimeria (Epimeria) frankei Beermann & Raupach, 2018 in Beerman, Westbury, Hofreiter, Hilgers, Deister, Neumann & Raupach, 2018 represented as Epimeria frankei Beermann & Raupach, 2018 in Beerman, Westbury, Hofreiter, Hilgers, Deister, Neumann & Raupach, 2018
  3. Subgenus Epimeria (Epimeriella) Walker, 1906
    1. Species Epimeria (Epimeriella) atalanta D'Udekem D'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    2. Species Epimeria (Epimeriella) macronyx (Walker, 1906)
    3. Species Epimeria (Epimeriella) scabrosa (K.H. Barnard, 1930)
    4. Species Epimeria (Epimeriella) truncata (Andres, 1985)
  4. Subgenus Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    1. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) angelikae Lörz & Linse, 2011
    2. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) cyphorachis d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    3. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) gargantua d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    4. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
    5. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) heldi Coleman, 1998
    6. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) inermis Walker, 1903
    7. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) larsi Lörz, 2009
    8. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) linseae d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    9. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) quasimodo d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    10. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980
    11. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930
    12. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009
    13. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991
    14. Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) xesta d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
  5. Subgenus Epimeria (Laevepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    1. Species Epimeria (Laevepimeria) anodon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    2. Species Epimeria (Laevepimeria) cinderella d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    3. Species Epimeria (Laevepimeria) walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930)
  6. Subgenus Epimeria (Metepimeria) Schellenberg, 1931
    1. Species Epimeria (Metepimeria) acanthurus (Schellenberg, 1931)
    2. Species Epimeria (Metepimeria) ashleyi Lörz, 2012
    3. Species Epimeria (Metepimeria) intermedia Schellenberg, 1931
  7. Subgenus Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) Chevreux, 1912
    1. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) amoenitas d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    2. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) callista d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    3. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) debroyeri d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    4. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) grandirostris (Chevreux, 1912)
    5. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) kharieis d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    6. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) oxicarinata Coleman, 1990
    7. Species Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) pulchra Coleman, 1990
  8. Subgenus Epimeria (Subepimeria) Bellan-Santini, 1972
    1. Species Epimeria (Subepimeria) adeliae d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    2. Species Epimeria (Subepimeria) geodesiae (Bellan-Santini, 1972)
    3. Species Epimeria (Subepimeria) iota d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    4. Species Epimeria (Subepimeria) puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930
    5. Species Epimeria (Subepimeria) teres d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    6. Species Epimeria (Subepimeria) urvillei d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
  9. Subgenus Epimeria (Urepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
    1. Species Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae Coleman, 1994
    2. Species Epimeria (Urepimeria) extensa Andres, 1985
    3. Species Epimeria (Urepimeria) monodon Stephensen, 1947
  10. Species Epimeria abyssalis Shimomura & Tomikawa, 2016
  11. Species Epimeria bathyalis Wakabara & Serejo, 1999
  12. Species Epimeria bispinosa Ledoyer, 1986
  13. Species Epimeria bruuni J.L. Barnard, 1961
  14. Species Epimeria colemani Souza-Filho, Guedes-Silva & Andrade, 2024
  15. Species Epimeria concordia Griffiths, 1977
  16. Species Epimeria cora J.L. Barnard, 1971
  17. Species Epimeria emma Lörz & Coleman, 2014
  18. Species Epimeria frankei Beermann & Raupach, 2018 in Beerman, Westbury, Hofreiter, Hilgers, Deister, Neumann & Raupach, 2018
  19. Species Epimeria glaucosa J.L. Barnard, 1961
  20. Species Epimeria horsti Lörz, 2008
  21. Species Epimeria karamani Winfield & Hendrickx, 2020
  22. Species Epimeria liui Wang, Zhu, Sha & Ren, 2020
  23. Species Epimeria longispinosa K.H. Barnard, 1916
  24. Species Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx, 2012
  25. Species Epimeria norfanzi Lörz, 2011
  26. Species Epimeria obtusa Watling, 1981
  27. Species Epimeria ortizi Varela & García-Gómez, 2015
  28. Species Epimeria pacifica Gurjanova, 1955
  29. Species Epimeria panamensis Varela, 2020
  30. Species Epimeria pelagica Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1958
  31. Species Epimeria rafaeli Coleman & Lowry, 2014
  32. Species Epimeria rotunda Wakabara & Serejo, 1999
  33. Species Epimeria semiarmata K.H. Barnard, 1916
  34. Species Epimeria sophie Lörz & Coleman, 2014
  35. Species Epimeria subcarinata Nagata, 1963
  36. Species Epimeria ultraspinosa Wakabara & Serejo, 1999
  37. Species Epimeria victoria Hurley, 1957
  38. Species Epimeria yaquinae McCain, 1971
  39. Species Epimeria angelikae Lörz & Linse, 2011 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) angelikae Lörz & Linse, 2011 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Epimeria annabellae Coleman, 1994 accepted as Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae Coleman, 1994 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Epimeria ashleyi Lörz, 2012 accepted as Epimeria (Metepimeria) ashleyi Lörz, 2012 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Epimeria conspicua Stebbing, 1883 accepted as Epimeria loricata G. O. Sars, 1879 represented as Epimeria (Epimeria) loricata G.O. Sars, 1879
  43. Species Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera (Fabricius, 1779) (superseded recombination)
  44. Species Epimeria excisipes K.H. Barnard, 1932 accepted as Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
  45. Species Epimeria extensa Andres, 1985 accepted as Epimeria (Urepimeria) extensa Andres, 1985 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Epimeria geodesiae (Bellan-Santini, 1972) accepted as Epimeria (Subepimeria) geodesiae (Bellan-Santini, 1972) (superseded recombination)
  47. Species Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Epimeria glacialis Stuxberg, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  49. Species Epimeria grandirostris (Chevreux, 1912) accepted as Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) grandirostris (Chevreux, 1912) (superseded recombination)
  50. Species Epimeria heldi Coleman, 1998 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) heldi Coleman, 1998 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  51. Species Epimeria inermis Walker, 1903 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) inermis Walker, 1903 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  52. Species Epimeria intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 accepted as Epimeria (Metepimeria) intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Epimeria larsi Lörz, 2009 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) larsi Lörz, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  54. Species Epimeria macrodonta Walker, 1906 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) macrodonta Walker, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Epimeria macronyx (Walker, 1906) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeriella) macronyx (Walker, 1906) (superseded recombination)
  56. Species Epimeria monodon Stephensen, 1947 accepted as Epimeria (Urepimeria) monodon Stephensen, 1947 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Epimeria oxicarinata Coleman, 1990 accepted as Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) oxicarinata Coleman, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Epimeria parasitica (M. Sars, 1858) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeria) parasitica (M. Sars, 1858) (superseded combination)
  59. Species Epimeria pulchra Coleman, 1990 accepted as Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) pulchra Coleman, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  60. Species Epimeria puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930 accepted as Epimeria (Subepimeria) puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  61. Species Epimeria reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Epimeria rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  63. Species Epimeria robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  64. Species Epimeria robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  65. Species Epimeria rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Epimeria scabrosa (K.H. Barnard, 1930) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeriella) scabrosa (K.H. Barnard, 1930) (superseded recombination)
  67. Species Epimeria schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  68. Species Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) similis Chevreux, 1912 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  69. Species Epimeria tricristata A. Costa in Hope, 1851 accepted as Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeria) cornigera (Fabricius, 1779) (junior subjective synonym)
  70. Species Epimeria truncata (Andres, 1985) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeriella) truncata (Andres, 1985) (superseded recombination)
  71. Species Epimeria tuberculata G.O. Sars, 1893 accepted as Epimeria (Epimeria) tuberculata G.O. Sars, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  72. Species Epimeria vaderi Coleman, 1998 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) vaderi Coleman, 1998 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  73. Species Epimeria walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930) accepted as Epimeria (Laevepimeria) walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930) (superseded recombination)
  74. Species Epimeria loricata G. O. Sars, 1879 represented as Epimeria (Epimeria) loricata G.O. Sars, 1879
  75. Species Epimeria pyrodrakon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017 represented as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) pyrodrakon d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Hope, F.G. (1851). Catalogo dei crostacei Italiani e di moltri altri del Mediterraneo. [Catalogue of Italian crustaceans and many others from the Mediterranean.]. <em>Napoli Stabilimento Tipografico di Fr. Azzolino Vico Gerolomini, Naples.</em> 48 pp., 2 figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3924 [details] OpenAccess publication
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; 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.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Epimeria A. Costa in Hope, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101506 on 2025-05-23
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Costello, Mark J.
2007-02-08 10:38:54Z
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De Broyer, Claude
2007-02-08 19:35:19Z
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De Broyer, Claude
2010-08-19 09:12:43Z
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Lowry, Jim
2017-04-19 15:23:43Z
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Horton, Tammy
2018-01-01 09:46:11Z
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Horton, Tammy
2023-05-05 11:02:09Z
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Horton, Tammy

original description Hope, F.G. (1851). Catalogo dei crostacei Italiani e di moltri altri del Mediterraneo. [Catalogue of Italian crustaceans and many others from the Mediterranean.]. <em>Napoli Stabilimento Tipografico di Fr. Azzolino Vico Gerolomini, Naples.</em> 48 pp., 2 figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3924 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Epimeriella Walker, 1906) Walker A.O. (1906b). Preliminary descriptions of new species of Amphipoda from the 'Discovery' Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Ser. 7) 18, pp. 13-18. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C.; Verheye, M. L. (2017). Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 359: 1-553., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.359 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Lörz, A.N.; Maas, E.W.; Linse, K.; & Coleman, C.O. (2009). Do circum-Antarctic species exist in peracarid Amphipoda? A case study in the genus Epimeria Costa, 1851 (Crustacea, Peracarida, Epimeriidae). <em>ZooKeys 18: 91–128. Scientia Marina, 67(4), 413-418.</em> , available online at http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/103/103-G-1-layout.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Lörz, A.; Coleman, C. O. (2014). Amazing new Amphipoda (Crustacea, Epimeriidae) from New Zealand's deep-sea. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3838(4): 423., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.4.2
page(s): Pacific Species Key p442 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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