Eurythenes thurstoni

Eurythenes thurstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Eurytheneidae
Genus:	Eurythenes
Species:	E. thurstoni
Binomial name
	Eurythenes thurstoni; (Stoddart & Lowry, 2004)

Last updated October 01, 2025

Eurythenes thurstoni is a species of amphipod of the genus Eurythenes. It was first described in 2004 and named after Mike Thurston, a marine biologist specialising in deep-sea amphipods.^[1]

E. thurstoni is found in the west South Pacific Ocean and the North and South Atlantic.^[1]^[2] It can grow up to 46mm long, making it the smallest species of Eurythenes.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 Stoddart, Helen; Lowry, James (September 2004). "The deep-sea lysianassoid genus Eurythenes (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eurytheneidae n. fam.)". Zoosystema . 26 (3): 425–468. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
1 2 Quadra, Adriana; Sorrentino, Rayane; Senna, André; Serejo, Christiana (May 2014). "First record of Eurythenes thurstoni Stoddart & Lowry, 2004 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) from the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 42 (2): 376–380. doi: 10.3856/vol42-issue2-fulltext-8 . Retrieved 27 July 2020.
↑ Horton, Tammy; Cooper, Harry; Vlierboom, Rianna; Thurston, Michael; Hauton, Chris; Young, C. Robert (April 2020). "Molecular phylogenetics of deep-sea amphipods (Eurythenes) reveal a new undescribed species at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, North East Atlantic Ocean". Progress in Oceanography. 183 102292. Bibcode:2020PrOce.18302292H. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102292 . S2CID 213705907.

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[Zoo-1] 1 2 Stoddart, Helen; Lowry, James (September 2004). "The deep-sea lysianassoid genus Eurythenes (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eurytheneidae n. fam.)". Zoosystema . 26 (3): 425–468. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[SMAR-2] 1 2 Quadra, Adriana; Sorrentino, Rayane; Senna, André; Serejo, Christiana (May 2014). "First record of Eurythenes thurstoni Stoddart & Lowry, 2004 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) from the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 42 (2): 376–380. doi: 10.3856/vol42-issue2-fulltext-8 . Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[3] Horton, Tammy; Cooper, Harry; Vlierboom, Rianna; Thurston, Michael; Hauton, Chris; Young, C. Robert (April 2020). "Molecular phylogenetics of deep-sea amphipods (Eurythenes) reveal a new undescribed species at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, North East Atlantic Ocean". Progress in Oceanography. 183 102292. Bibcode:2020PrOce.18302292H. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102292 . S2CID 213705907.

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