Erebonectes

Erebonectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Epacteriscidae
Genus: Erebonectes
Fosshagen, 1985
Species
  • Erebonectes macrochaetus Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1994
  • Erebonectes nesioticus Fosshagen, 1985

Erebonectes is a genus of crustacean in family Epacteriscidae, containing two troglobitic species.[1] E. nasioticus was discovered in Bermuda and described in 1985;[2] it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.[3] E. macrochaetus was found on Middle Caicos and described in 1994.[2]

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. 1 2 Audun Fosshagen & Thomas M. Iliffe (1994). F D. Ferrari & B. P. Bradley, eds. "Ecology and Morphology of Copepods" (PDF). Hydrobiologia. 292/293: 17–22. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1347-4_3. |chapter= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ T. M. Illiffe (1996). "Erebonectes nesioticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3 (2.3). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 18, 2010.


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