Euphilomedes chupacabra (Ostracoda: Myodocopida: Philomedidae), a new demersal marine species from coastal Puerto Rico with male-biased vespertine swimming activity Author Lum, Kimberly E. Author Syme, Anna E. Author Schwab, Anastasia K. Author Oakley, Todd H. text Zootaxa 2008 1684 35 57 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.180473 4a3ef5a1-bac4-4543-82b7-c6c65c42b0d4 1175-5326 180473 Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967 Euphilomedes Poulsen, 1962 : 359 [nomen nudum; without type species] Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967 : 1 [designated type species] Type species: Euphilomedes nodosus Poulsen, 1962 (original designation by Kornicker, 1967 ). Remarks: Poulsen (1962) erected this genus for eight species but did not designate a type species. Kornicker (1967) designated the type species as Euphilomedes nodosus Poulsen, 1962 and thus validated the genus name. The genus is diagnosed by this combination of features: carapace with shallow incisur, carapace with no ribs, second antenna endopod with two articles, furca with setae between primary claws, and furcal claws and setae with sutures at lamella. Composition: The genus includes E. africanus ( Klie, 1940 ) ; E. asper ( Müller, 1894 ) ; E. bradyi Poulsen, 1962 ; E. carcharodontus ( Smith, 1952 ) ; E. climax Kornicker, 1991 ; E. cooki Harrison-Nelson and Kornicker, 2000 ; E. corrugatus ( Brady, 1897 ) ; E. erynx Kornicker, 1995 ; E. ijimai ( Kajiyama, 1912 ) ; E. japonicus ( Müller, 1890 ) ; E. kornickeri Hartmann, 1974 ; E. longisetus ( Juday 1907 ) ; E. morini Kornicker and Harrison- Nelson, 1997; E. nipponicus Hiruta, 1976 ; E. nodosus Poulsen, 1962 ; E. pseudosordidus Chavtur et al . 2007 , E. sinister sinister Kornicker, 1974 ; E. sinister pentathrix Kornicker and Caraion, 1977 ; E. smithi Poulsen, 1962 ; E. sordidus ( Müller 1890 ) ; E. walfordi Poulsen, 1962 ; E. debilis ( Brady 1902 ) . Including the new species described below, there are currently 22 species and two subspecies in Euphilomedes . These species epithets may also have been reported in their feminine form, but the Greek proper noun Philomedes has masculine gender (Kornicker, personal communication). Distribution: Species are known from the eastern Atlantic ( South Africa , Mauritania ), Mediterranean, Red Sea, east coast of Australia , Indo-Pacific ( Sri Lanka , Thailand , Coral Sea), Japan , Korea , and the eastern Pacific coast ( Panama and USA ), in the depth range of 0– 250m . One species is also known from hydrothermal vents in the eastern Pacific at a depth of 1700m ( Kornicker 1991 ). The new species described herein extends the distribution of Euphilomedes to the western Atlantic.