WoRMS taxon details
original description
Weston, J.; Carrillo-barragan, P.; Linley, T. D.; Reid, W. D. K.; Jamieson, A. J. (2020). New species of <em>Eurythenes</em> from hadal depths of the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Amphipoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em>4748(1): 163-181., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.9 [details]
Holotype USNM 1615729, geounit Mariana Trench [details]
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Etymology The species names, plasticus, stems from Latin for plastic. This name speaks to the ubiquity of
plastic pollution present in our oceans [details]
Holotype Mature female, USNM 1615729, body length 48.1 mm. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:828CBE38-47B2-4001-874D-53C0D2EA64D2 [details]
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