Species Eurythenes thurstoni Stoddart & Lowry, 2004

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• Eurythenes thurstoni Stoddart H. E. & Lowry J. K. 2004. The deep-sea lysianassoid genus Eurythenes (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eurytheneidae n. fam.). Zoosystematica Rossica 26(3): 451-460 [451, figs. 16, 17, 18, 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P62435 ♀ 33 mm with 18 juveniles in pouch, Tasman Sea, southeast of Twofold Bay, NSW [34°24'S 150°30'E – 37°28'S 150°33'E].
  Paratype(s) AM P62436 ♂ 29 mm, Tasman Sea, southeast of Twofold Bay, NSW [34°24'S 150°30'E – 37°28'S 150°33'E]; AM P62420 ♀♀ 30 mm, ♂ 21 mm, east of Flynn Reef, QLD [16°37.81'S 146°23.08'E]; AM P62421 ♂ 28 mm, ♂ 20 mm, 3 immature specimens 16-19 mm, east of Flynn Reef, QLD [16°37.81'S 146°23.08'E]; AM P62422 ♀ 24 mm, between Norah Head and Port Stephens [33°03'S 152°58'E - 32°59'S 153°03'E]; AM P62423 ♀ ovigerous 34 mm, east of Botany Bay, NSW [33°44.5'S 152°24.4'E - 34°8.9'S 152°9.7'E]; AM P44370 12 specimens, off Wollongong, NSW [34°33.41'S 151°21.35'E]; AM P44380 2 juveniles, 8.5 mm and 9 mm, off Wollongong, NSW [34°33.41'S 151°21.35'E]; AM P44388 26 specimens, off Wollongong, NSW [34°33.41'S 151°21.35'E]; NMV J14605 ♀ 33 mm, east of Nowra, NSW [34°57.60'S 151°16.20'E]; NMV J15790 1 immature specimen (12 mm), 52 km ESE of Nowra [34°56.10'S 151°14.69'E]; NMV J15784 25 specimens, 8 juveniles, south of Point Hicks, VIC [38°31.60'S 149°23.80'E]; NMV J13717 2 immature specimens, (16 mm and 18 mm), south of Point Hicks, VIC [38°20.30'S 149°18.40'E]; NMV J15785 22 specimens, 17 juveniles, south of Point Hicks, VIC [38°39.23'S 149°15.00'E]; NMV J13718 ♀ (17 mm), 2♂ (18mm and 22 mm), 2 immature specimens (15.5 mm and 16 mm), south of Point Hicks, VIC [38°39.23'S 149°15.00'E]; NMV J17158 8 ♀ (24-29 mm), 3♂ (22-24 mm), 1 immature specimen (13 mm), 78 km south of Point Hicks, VIC [38°30.13'S 149°15.52'E]; NMV J13719 ♀ ovigerous (30 mm), ♀ (31 mm), 2♀ (22 and 23 mm), 4 ♀ (19 -24), 1 imma, off Freycinet Peninsula, TAS [42°03.3'S 148°57.9'E - 42°07.0'S 148°57.0'E]; NMV J15786 19 specimens, off Freycinet Peninsula, TAS [42°13.00'S 148°46.10'E]; NMV J17157 3 ♀ ovigerous (29-36.5 mm), 3 ♀ (17-15.5 mm), 1 ♂ (22 mm), 1 ♂ (20 mm), 61 km ENE of Cape Tourville, TAS [41°58.49'S 149°04.41'E]; NMV J17156 3 ♀ ovigerous (28-30 mm), 5 ♀ (18-29 mm), 6 ♂ (21-25.5 mm), 7 specimens, 52 km ENE of Cape Tourville, TAS [42°02.39'S 148°58.26'E]; AM P62424 1 ♀ with embryos (30 mm), 3 ♀ (24-30 mm), 2 ♀ (18-20 mm), 7♂ (21-25 mm), off St Patricks Head, TAS [c. 41°25'S 148°43'E]; AM P62425 ♀ (29 mm), off St Patricks Head, TAS [c. 41°25'S 148°43'E]; AM P62426 ♀ ovigerous (29 mm), off St Patricks Head, TAS [c. 41°25'S 148°43'E]; AM P62427 ♀ (22 mm), off St Patricks Head, TAS [c. 41°25'S 148°43'E]; AM P62428 ♀ (29 mm), off St Patricks Head, TAS [c. 41°25'S 148°43'E]; AM P62429 ♀ (22 mm) and 1 immature specimen (20 mm), off Sandy Cape, TAS [c. 41°13'S 144°00'E]; AM P62430 ♀ (22 mm), off Sandy Cape, TAS [c. 41°13'S 144°00'E]; AM P62431 ♀ (31 mm) with juveniles, off Sandy Cape, TAS [c. 41°13'S 144°00'E]; AM P62432 ♂ (22 mm), off Sandy Cape, TAS [c. 41°13'S 144°00'E]; AM P62433 ♀ (21 mm) ♀ (31 mm), off Sandy Cape, TAS [c. 41°13'S 144°00'E]; AM P62434 ♀ (29 mm), south of Kangaroo Island, SA [c. 37°00'S 137°30'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
  • Queensland: NE coast
  • South Australia: S Gulfs coast
  • Tasmania: Tas. coast
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Tonga

Neotropical Region

• Bahamas

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Continental slope to lower abyssal (200 to 7000 m) 400 to 4670 m, scavenger.

 

General References

D'Acoz, C.D. & Havermans, C. 2015. Contribution to the systematics of the genus Eurythenes S.I. Smith in Scudder, 1882 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Eurytheneidae). Zootaxa 3971(1): 1-80

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED