Epimeria quasimodo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iphimedioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Amphilochidea
Infraordo: Amphilochida
Parvordo: Amphilochidira
Superfamilia: Iphimedioidea

Familia: Epimeriidae
Genus: Epimeria
Subgenus: Epimeria (Hoplepimeria)
Species: Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) quasimodo

Name

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

ZooBank: DA484D99-BC6E-4E9D-B06E-9D775DCB7FD1
Holotype: RBINS INV. 122930A, female.
Type locality: SOUTHERN OCEAN: cruise PS81, ANT-XXIX/3, stn 160-3, East of Joinville Island, 63°10.57ʹ S, 54°06.66ʹ W to 63°10.71ʹ S, 54°06.37ʹ W, 238–244 m, Agassiz trawl, 8 Feb. 2013
Etymology: named after the well-known character from the novel ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ by Victor Hugo, referring to the humpbacked silhouette of the species.

References

Primary references

Wikimedia Commons For more multimedia, look at Epimeria quasimodo on Wikimedia Commons.
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.