World Register of Deep-Sea species - Erebonasteridae Humes, 1987

Deep-Sea taxon details

Erebonasteridae Humes, 1987

AphiaID

345996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345996)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Ergasilida

Original name

Erebonasteridae Humes, 1987

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Genus Ambilimbus Ivanenko, Defaye & Huys, 2005
Genus Centobnaster Huys & Boxshall, 1990
Genus Erebonaster Humes, 1987
Genus Amphicrossus Huys, 1991 accepted as Ambilimbus Ivanenko, Defaye & Huys, 2005 (preoccupied )

Environment

marine

Original description

Humes, A.G. (1987). Copepods from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Bulletin of Marine Science 41(3):645-788, figs. 1-80, tabs. 1-3. (ii.1987) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Erebonasteridae Humes, 1987. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345996 on 2026-07-09

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Erebonasteridae Humes, 1987. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345996 on 2026-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-06-23 10:33:08Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2019-10-07 11:15:09Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2024-07-03 17:26:07Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Humes, A.G. (1987). Copepods from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Bulletin of Marine Science 41(3):645-788, figs. 1-80, tabs. 1-3. (ii.1987) [details] Available for editors

additional source Humes, A.G. (1997). Erebonaster Humes, 1987 - Amphicrossus Humes & Huys, 1992. In: Desbruyères, D. & M. Segonzac (eds.). Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Éditions IFREMER, Brest. 279pp. :174. [details] Available for editors

additional source Martínez Arbizu, P. (1997). The monophyly of Erebonasteridae, with the description of Centobnaster severnicus sp. n. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from the Laptev Sea (Arctic Ocean). Zoologischer Anzeiger 235(3-4):263-270. (vi.1997; dated 1996) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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