Thorina

For the thorium compound, see thorium dioxide.
Thorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Thorina
Stephensen, 1944
Species
  • Thorina elongata Laubnitz & Mills, 1972
  • Thorina spinosa Stephensen, 1944

Thorina is a genus of amphipod crustaceans comprising the two species Thorina spinosa and Thorina elongata.[1] They are deep-sea species, found at depths of 900 metres (3,000 ft) and 1,500–4,892 m (4,921–16,050 ft), respectively, in the North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jim Lowry (2010). "Thorina Stephensen, 1944". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ José Manual Guerra-García (2003). "Two new species of deep-water caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from northeastern Brazil" (PDF). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 171–184.

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