Erebonectes
(Redirected from Erebonectes nesioticus)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Epacteriscidae |
| Genus: | Erebonectes Fosshagen, 1985 |
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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
[edit]- ^ Juliana Kouwenberg (2010). T. C. Walter; G. Boxshall (eds.). "Erebonectes Fosshagen, 1985". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ a b 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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