Epimeria liui sp. nov., a new calcified amphipod (Amphipoda, Amphilochidea, Epimeriidae) from a seamount of the Caroline Plate, NW Pacific

• Published in: ZooKeys Vol. 922; no. 3; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Wang, Yanrong, Zhu, Chaodong, Sha, Zhongli, Ren, Xianqiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 25.03.2020
• Subjects: Amphipoda; Amphipods; Biodiversity; Coastal ecosystems; Discovery and exploration; Epimeriidae; Identification and classification; new species; Oceans; Pacific; Physiological aspects; Seamounts; Taxonomy; China; new species; Epimeria; deep sea; Caroline Plate; seamount; systematics; Amphipoda

A calcified individual of Epimeria Costa, 1851 collected from an unnamed seamount of the Caroline Plate, NW Pacific, is recognized as new to science herein. This increases the number of known Epimeria species of the North Pacific to nine. Epimeria liui sp. nov. differs from its similar congeners by...