Erebonectes

Erebonectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Epacteriscidae
Genus:	Erebonectes ; Fosshagen, 1985
Species
	Erebonectes macrochaetusFosshagen & Iliffe, 1994; Erebonectes nesioticusFosshagen, 1985;

Last updated September 30, 2025

Erebonectes is a genus of crustaceans in the 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 (eds.). "Erebonectes Fosshagen, 1985". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved October 18, 2010.
1 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.
↑ 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.

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[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.

[Fosshagen-2] 1 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.

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