RAS taxon details
Epimeria A. Costa in Hope, 1851
101506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101506)
accepted
Genus
Epimeriella Walker, 1906 · unaccepted
- Subgenus Epimeria (Drakepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
- Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) colemani d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
- Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) macrodonta Walker, 1906
- Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001
- Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007
- Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) similis Chevreux, 1912
- Species Epimeria (Drakepimeria) vaderi Coleman, 1998
- Subgenus Epimeria (Epimeriella) Walker, 1906
- Subgenus Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) angelikae Lörz & Linse, 2011
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) heldi Coleman, 1998
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) inermis Walker, 1903
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) larsi Lörz, 2009
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009
- Species Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991
- Subgenus Epimeria (Laevepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
- Subgenus Epimeria (Metepimeria) Schellenberg, 1931
- Subgenus Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) Chevreux, 1912
- Subgenus Epimeria (Subepimeria) Bellan-Santini, 1972
- Subgenus Epimeria (Urepimeria) d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017
- Species Epimeria angelikae Lörz & Linse, 2011 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) angelikae Lörz & Linse, 2011 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria annabellae Coleman, 1994 accepted as Epimeria (Urepimeria) annabellae Coleman, 1994 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria extensa Andres, 1985 accepted as Epimeria (Urepimeria) extensa Andres, 1985 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria grandirostris (Chevreux, 1912) accepted as Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) grandirostris (Chevreux, 1912) (superseded recombination)
- Species Epimeria heldi Coleman, 1998 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) heldi Coleman, 1998 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria inermis Walker, 1903 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) inermis Walker, 1903 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 accepted as Epimeria (Metepimeria) intermedia Schellenberg, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria larsi Lörz, 2009 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) larsi Lörz, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria macrodonta Walker, 1906 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) macrodonta Walker, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria macronyx (Walker, 1906) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeriella) macronyx (Walker, 1906) (superseded recombination)
- Species Epimeria monodon Stephensen, 1947 accepted as Epimeria (Urepimeria) monodon Stephensen, 1947 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria oxicarinata Coleman, 1990 accepted as Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) oxicarinata Coleman, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria pulchra Coleman, 1990 accepted as Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) pulchra Coleman, 1990 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930 accepted as Epimeria (Subepimeria) puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) reoproi Lörz & Coleman, 2001 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rimicarinata Watling & Holman, 1980 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robusta K.H. Barnard, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) robustoides Lörz & Coleman, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991 accepted as Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) rubrieques De Broyer & Klages, 1991 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria scabrosa (K.H. Barnard, 1930) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeriella) scabrosa (K.H. Barnard, 1930) (superseded recombination)
- Species Epimeria schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) schiaparelli Lörz, Maas, Linse & Fenwick, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria similis Chevreux, 1912 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) similis Chevreux, 1912 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria truncata (Andres, 1985) accepted as Epimeria (Epimeriella) truncata (Andres, 1985) (superseded recombination)
- Species Epimeria vaderi Coleman, 1998 accepted as Epimeria (Drakepimeria) vaderi Coleman, 1998 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epimeria walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930) accepted as Epimeria (Laevepimeria) walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930) (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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] 
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. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Epimeria A. Costa in Hope, 1851. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101506 on 2025-03-29
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Epimeria A. Costa in Hope, 1851. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101506 on 2025-03-29
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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] 
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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
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]
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]
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]
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]
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

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




