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 ( Subepimeria ) sp. 2 Epimeria puncticulata – Coleman 2007: 48 , in part, plate 2 fig. d only, not fig. 25 (= E. puncticulata ). — Rauschert & Arntz 2015: 62 , pl. 55. non Epimeria puncticulata K.H. Barnard, 1930: 377 , fig. 42. Discription EYES. Large and narrowly elliptic. PEREIONITE 7. Posterodorsally smooth. PLEONITE 1. Posterodorsally smooth. PLEONITE 2. With small sharp posterodorsal tooth. PLEONITE 3. Posterodorsally produced into a blunt acute (nearly squared) angle. COXA 4. with ventral corner produced into a distinct tooth ( Coleman 2007 ), or apparently blunt ( Rauschert & Arntz 2015 ) [specimen not photographed in a flat orientation?]. UROSOME TOOTH PATTERN. Urosomite 1 with well developed triangular dorsal process. Colour pattern Eyes red. Body whitish to yellowish, with some areas more brownish. Distinct brown transverse stripes on body segment 4 and coxa 4. Body length 17 mm ( Rauschert & Arntz 2015 ). Distribution Eastern shelf of the Weddell Sea, 765–840 m (see remarks). Remarks. The identity of the E. puncticulata illustrated by colour photographs in the books of Coleman (2007 : plate 2 figure d) and Rauschert & Arntz (2015 : plate 55) is not clear. The photograph examined are not sharp enough to reveal all relevant details. The species is similar to E. iota sp. nov. , E. teres sp. nov. , E. puncticulata and E. urvillei sp. nov. Unlike E. iota sp. nov. , E. teres sp. nov. and E. urvillei sp. nov. , E. ( Subepimeria ) sp. 2 exhibits a distinct brown stripe on each side of pereionite 4 and on coxa 4. The colour pattern of E. puncticulata s. str. is unknown. The collection details of the specimen of Rauschert & Arntz (2015) is given in an early draft of their book made available to the authors: ANT-XVII/3 stn 138 [138-1]. The coordinates of this station are: 71°08.90ʹ S , 013°12.80ʹ W to 71°08.80ʹ S , 013°13.20ʹ W [eastern shelf of the Weddell Sea], 765– 840 m .