Erebonectes

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]

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

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. 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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