Epimeria cyrano

Familia: Epimeriidae
Genus: Epimeria
Subgenus: Epimeria (Drakepimeria)
Species: Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cyrano

Epimeria cyrano d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017

ZooBank: 7E682282-1C82-4A2B-BEEC-54B05FEEA37C

Holotype: ANT XXVII/3, female

Type locality: SOUTHERN OCEAN: cruise PS77, ANT XXVII/3, CAMBIO, stn 263-6, eastern Weddell Sea, BENDEX area, 70°38.66ʹ S, 10°28.16ʹ W to 70°39.50ʹ S, 10°32.91ʹ W, 21 Mar. 2011, coll. Ch. Havermans and H. Robert (RBINS, INV. 132967)

Etymology: named after "Cyrano de Bergerac" the character described by Edmond Rostand as endowed with a prominent nose, referring to the long, straight and anteriorly directed rostrum of the species.

• d'Udekem d'Acoz, C., Verheye, M.L. 2017. Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy. 359: 1-553. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359 Reference page.  [see pages 36-38, original description]

Links

• Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; 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.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2020). World Amphipoda Database. Epimeria (Drakepimeria) cyrano d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042450 on 2020-07-20
• BHL bibliography
• Epimeria cyrano – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epimeria cyrano.
• ION

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