Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with notes on their relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea) Author d’Acoz, Cédric d’Udekem Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Service Heritage, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Corresponding author: cdudekem @ naturalsciences. be cdudekem@naturalsciences.be Author Verheye, Marie L. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Email: mverheye @ naturalsciences. be mverheye@naturalsciences.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-10-17 359 1 553 journal article 21844 10.5852/ejt.2017.359 87920495-c1bf-4bdb-b153-50e709c1d6c2 2118-9773 3855694 703F4B1F-DFAD-47DD-AEA5-9E31A1921508 Epimeria ( Metepimeria ) acanthurus ( Schellenberg, 1931 ) Metepimeria acanthurus Schellenberg, 1931: 162 , fig. 85, pl. 1. fig. G. Epimeria acanthurus – K.H. Barnard 1932: 176 , fig. 104B, 108, pl. 1. fig. 2. Metepimeria acanthurus – Watling & Holman 1981: 216–217 , fig. 22. — Coleman 2007: 61 , fig. 36, map 1 (rhomb). ‘ Epimeria inermis 1’ – Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 61 , pl. 54. non Epimeria inermis Walker, 1903: 54 , pl. 10, fig. 69. Body length 22 mm ( Coleman 2007 ). Colour pattern White with scarce suffusions of orange; eyes reddish (photograph of Rauschert & Arntz 2015 as ‘ Epimeria inermis 1’). Distribution Magellanic Region: Patagonia, Falkland Islands , 27–494 m ( De Broyer et al. 2007 ), Burdwood Bank, 296–299 m (see remarks). Remarks The specimen labelled ‘ Epimeria inermis 1’ in Rauschert & Arntz (2015) does not correspond to the description of E. inermis : it exhibits important differences in the shape of coxa 4, and the dorsal profiles of pleonite 3 and urosomite 1. The morphology of this specimen is more similar to E. acanthurus as illustrated by Coleman (2007) , and it is therefore identified as such. Rauschert & Arntz (2015) do not indicate the collection details of their specimen, but this information was found in an early draft of their book made available to the authors: ANT XIX [obviously ANT-XIX/5], LAMPOS, station 153 [i.e., 153-1]. The coordinates of this station are: 54°32.75ʹ S 56°09.84ʹ W to 54°31.22ʹ S 56°08.93ʹ W [Burdwood Bank], 296– 299 m .