Epimeria abyssalissp. n. from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Epimeriidae).
A new deep-sea epimeriid,Epimeria abyssalisis described from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, in the northwestern Pacific. This species differs from its congeners in having a short rostrum and a telson with deep and narrow Y-shaped excavation.Epimeria abyssalisis the deepest recordedEpimeriaspecies. A key to the north Pacific species ofEpimeriais provided.
Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, 2-4-1 Higashida, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu 805-0071, Japan.
Michitaka
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Shimomura
Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, 1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan.
Ko
K
Tomikawa
Epimeria; Epimeriidae; Kuril-Kamchatka Trench