Eurythenes plasticus

Eurythenes plasticus, holotype female

Eurythenes plasticus, paratype male

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lysianassoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraorder: Lysianassida Parvordo: Lysianassidira Superfamilia: Lysianassoidea

Familia: Eurytheneidae
Genus: Eurythenes
Species: Eurythenes plasticus

Name

Eurythenes plasticus Weston in Weston et al., 2020

Holotype: Mature female, USNM 1615729, body length 48.1 mm.

Type locality: Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (12.64065N, 144.73796E), cruise FK141109, station WT02, depth 6865m.

Paratypes:

• Mature male, USNM 1615732, GenBank (16S MT021437), (COI MT038070), body length 47.6 mm, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (11.5911N, 144.84730E), cruise FK141109, station LH14, depth 6010m.
• Immature female, USNM 1615733 GenBank (16S MT021438), (COI MT038071), body length 38.6 mm, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (11.6071N, 144.8331E), cruise FK141109, station LH15, depth 6142m.
• Juvenile, USNM XXXX3, body length 15.6 mm, same collection location as type locality.

ZooBank: 828CBE38-47B2-4001-874D-53C0D2EA64D2

References

Primary references

• Weston, J.N.J., Carrillo-Barragan, P., Linley, T.D., Reid, W.D.K. & Jamieson, A.J. 2020. New species of Eurythenes from hadal depths of the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa 4748(1): 163–181. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.9 Reference page. 
  • [original description of Eurythenes plasticus: p. 169–176; figs. 4–8]

Links

• Eurythenes plasticus in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Eurythenes plasticus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eurythenes plasticus.
• ION
• Species-ID

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