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Stephonyx mytilus (Barnard & Ingram, 1990) 
AphiaID: 557626

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Lysianassoidea (Superfamily) > Uristidae (Family) > Stephonyx (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989
Synonymised
taxa
  Euonyx mytilus Barnard & Ingram, 1990 (basionym)
Sources  original description: Barnard J.L. & Ingram C.L. (1990). Lysianassoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from deep-sea thermal vents. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 449, 1-80, 43 figs. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution type locality: East Pacific [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Specimen  Holotype: USNM 195149 [details]
Feedingtype  scavenger [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Depth zone: Upper abyssal (2000 to 4000 m), 2447 – 2635 m. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557626
Taxonomic
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2011-01-05 10:31:20Z  created  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Stephonyx mytilus (Barnard & Ingram, 1990). In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557626 on 2013-05-19
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