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A new Epimeria (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Paramphithoidae) from the Weddell Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2004

Claude De Broyer  and
Michael Klages
Claude De Broyer
Affiliation:
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier, 29, B-1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Michael Klages
Affiliation:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung, Postfach 120161, D-2850 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Abstract

Epimeria rubrieques sp. n., belonging to the cold water family Paramphithoidae, occurred relatively often in Agassiz and bottom trawls taken during several German Antarctic Expeditions into the eastern Weddell Sea since 1983. Although this species is very conspicuous because of its long mid-dorsal teeth, bright pink-red colour and large size (up to 70 mm), it has only been recorded in the Weddell Sea. The new species is compared to its closest relatives Epimeria macrodonta and E. similis, and an updated key to the 14 species of Antarctic Epimeria is provided. Observations on the general and feeding behaviour of living specimens of Epimeria rubrieques sp. n. in aquaria showed the species to be an ambush predator and a weakly motile epibenthic walker, which swims only rarely.

Keywords

AntarcticAmphipodaEpimeria rubrieques sp. n.feeding behaviourParamphithoidae
Type
Papers–Life Sciences and Oceanography
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 159 - 166
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1991

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