taxonID	type	description	language	source
03984E1D3446FFC0208DFAEC3461F880.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. Holotype female (ovigerous), 33.8 mm, Potiguar Basin, Arrasto Malha Talude — MT 73 - 2, initial bottom trawl coordinates 4.630860 ’ S 36.500139 ’ W, final bottom trawl coordinates 4.643472 ’ S 36.469361 ’ W, off Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, initial depth 955 m, final depth 1006 m, 16 May 2011, R / V Seward Johnson coll., Carcinological Collection of the Museu de Oceanografia Prof. Petrônio Alves Coelho (MOUFPE 15084). New Material. 1 female, 35.4 mm, Potiguar Basin, Arrasto Malha Talude — MT 74, initial bottom trawl coordinates 4.560758 ’ S 36.708650 ’ W, final bottom trawl coordinates 4.565600 ’ S 36.678167 ’ W, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, initial depth 902 m, final depth 1073 m, May 16, 2011, R / V Seward Johnson coll. (MOUFPE 15083). Type Locality. Continental Slope off Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, between 4.630860 ’ S 36.500139 ’ W and 4.643472 ’ S 36.469361 ’ W.	en	Souza-Filho, Jesser F., Guedes-Silva, Elkênita, Andrade, Luiz F. (2026): Epimeria potiguarensis nom. nov., a replacement name for Epimeria colemani Souza-Filho, Guedes-Silva & Andrade, 2024 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Epimeriidae), preoccupied by Epimeria (Drakepimeria) colemani d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Zootaxa 5750 (4): 599-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.8
03984E1D3446FFC0208DFAEC3461F880.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name potiguarensis is derived from the type locality of the new species, the Potiguar Basin (Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil).	en	Souza-Filho, Jesser F., Guedes-Silva, Elkênita, Andrade, Luiz F. (2026): Epimeria potiguarensis nom. nov., a replacement name for Epimeria colemani Souza-Filho, Guedes-Silva & Andrade, 2024 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Epimeriidae), preoccupied by Epimeria (Drakepimeria) colemani d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Zootaxa 5750 (4): 599-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.8
03984E1D3446FFC0208DFAEC3461F880.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Besides the holotype, we found another female specimen, treated here as a near-topotype, among the material collected by the same Project (MOUFPE 15083).	en	Souza-Filho, Jesser F., Guedes-Silva, Elkênita, Andrade, Luiz F. (2026): Epimeria potiguarensis nom. nov., a replacement name for Epimeria colemani Souza-Filho, Guedes-Silva & Andrade, 2024 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Epimeriidae), preoccupied by Epimeria (Drakepimeria) colemani d’Udekem d’Acoz & Verheye, 2017. Zootaxa 5750 (4): 599-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.8
