New species of Epimeria (Amphipoda: Epimeriidae) from the Gulf of Panama

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Published Jan 16, 2020
DOI https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi15.214
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Carlos Varela
Florida International University, USA

Abstract

A new species of the genus Epimeria is described based on material collected in the expedition of the R/V John Elliott Pillsbury to the deep waters of the Gulf of Panama. This new species could be distinguished of the others in the genus by the combination of several characters including: rostrum long, reaching the half of the second article of the antenna 1; eyes absent; coxopodite 4 with anteroventral margin almost straight down; coxopodite 5 with posteroventral corner elongated backwards, reaching the pleonite 2; pleonites 5?7 with dorsomedial acute teeth directed backwards; posterior margin of the telson, smooth. This is the first record of a member of the family Epimeriidae for the Gulf of Panama.

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Crustacea, Amphipoda, Epimeriidae, Epimeria, deep waters, Gulf of Panama

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Varela, C. (2020). New species of Epimeria (Amphipoda: Epimeriidae) from the Gulf of Panama. Novitates Caribaea, (15), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi15.214

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