Erebonectes
| Erebonectes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Epacteriscidae |
| Genus: | Erebonectes Fosshagen, 1985 |
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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
- ↑ Juliana Kouwenberg (2010). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, ed. "Erebonectes Fosshagen, 1985". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- 1 2 Audun Fosshagen & Thomas M. Iliffe (1994). F D. Ferrari & B. P. Bradley, ed. "Ecology and Morphology of Copepods" (PDF). Hydrobiologia. 292/293: 17–22. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1347-4_3.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ T. M. Illiffe (1996). "Erebonectes nesioticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
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