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