Biology:Eurythenes plasticus
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Short description: Species of amphipod
| Eurythenes plasticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Eurytheneidae |
| Genus: | Eurythenes |
| Species: | E. plasticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurythenes plasticus Weston, 2020
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Eurythenes plasticus is a species of amphipod of the genus Eurythenes, first described in 2020.[1] It was named in reference to the PET plastic found in its stomach,[2] after researchers wanted to highlight the impact of plastic pollution.[3]
Eurythenes plasticus was found at depths between 6,010 m (19,720 ft) and 6,949 m (22,799 ft) deep in the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean in 2014.[4] Researchers from Newcastle University caught four specimens, one of which had plastic particles in its body.[3] The plastic microfibre that was found in its hindgut was 84% similar to PET plastic,[4] showing plastic pollution affects marine organisms even 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) below sea level.
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- ↑ "Researchers discover new amphipod in the Mariana Trench and name it after plastic found in its body". 9 March 2020. https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/eurythenes-plasticus/. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ↑ "The new face of the plastics crisis". 5 March 2020. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2020/03/eurythenesplasticus/. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Eurythenes plasticus: A deep-sea crustacean full of plastic". 6 March 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/eurythenes-plasticus-a-deep-sea-crustacean-full-of-plastic/a-52663559.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 , https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4748.1.9/60095, Wikidata Q87566725
Wikidata ☰ Q87352119 entry
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