Eurythenes thurstoni

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Eurythenes thurstoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Eurytheneidae
Genus: Eurythenes
Species:
E. thurstoni
Binomial name
Eurythenes thurstoni
(Stoddart & Lowry, 2004)

Eurythenes thurstoni is a species of amphipod of the genus Eurythenes. It was first described in 2004 and named after Mike Thurston, a marine biologist specialising in deep-sea amphipods.[1]

E. thurstoni is found in the west South Pacific Ocean and the North and South Atlantic.[1][2] It can grow up to 46mm long, making it the smallest species of Eurythenes.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Stoddart, Helen; Lowry, James (September 2004). "The deep-sea lysianassoid genus Eurythenes (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eurytheneidae n. fam.)". Zoosystema. 26 (3): 425–468. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Quadra, Adriana; Sorrentino, Rayane; Senna, André; Serejo, Christiana (May 2014). "First record of Eurythenes thurstoni Stoddart & Lowry, 2004 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) from the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 42 (2): 376–380. doi:10.3856/vol42-issue2-fulltext-8. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ Horton, Tammy; Cooper, Harry; Vlierboom, Rianna; Thurston, Michael; Hauton, Chris; Young, C. Robert (April 2020). "Molecular phylogenetics of deep-sea amphipods (Eurythenes) reveal a new undescribed species at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, North East Atlantic Ocean". Progress in Oceanography. 183: 102292. Bibcode:2020PrOce.18302292H. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102292. S2CID 213705907.