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Genus of crustaceans

Erebonectes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Epacteriscidae
Genus: Erebonectes
Fosshagen, 1985
Species
  • Erebonectes macrochaetus Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1994
  • Erebonectes nesioticus Fosshagen, 1985

Erebonectes is a genus of crustaceans in the family Epacteriscidae, containing two troglobitic species. E. nasioticus was discovered in Bermuda and described in 1985; it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. E. macrochaetus was found on Middle Caicos and described in 1994.

References

  1. Juliana Kouwenberg (2010). T. C. Walter; G. Boxshall (eds.). "Erebonectes Fosshagen, 1985". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  2. ^ Audun Fosshagen; Thomas M. Iliffe (1994). "A new species of Erebonectes (Copepoda, Calanoida) from marine caves on Caicos Islands, West Indies" (PDF). In F. D. Ferrari; B. P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. pp. 17–22. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1347-4_3.
  3. Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Erebonectes nesioticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T7986A12880035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7986A12880035.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Erebonectes


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