''Eurydice'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
s named after the mythical
Eurydice
Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.
Etymology
Several meanings for the name ...
, wife of the musician
Orpheus
Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracians, Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned Ancient Greek poetry, poet and, according to ...
. It includes the following species:
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Eurydice acuticauda''
Bruce, 1981
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Eurydice affinis''
Hansen, 1905
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Eurydice agilis''
Jones, 1971
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Eurydice akiyamai''
Nunomura, 1981
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Eurydice arabica''
Jones, 1974
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Eurydice barnardi''
Bruce & Soares, 1996
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Eurydice binda''
Bruce, 1986
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Eurydice bowmani''
George & Longerbeam, 1998
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Eurydice caudata''
Richardson, 1899
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Eurydice cavicaudata''
Jones, 1971
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Eurydice chelifer''
Jones, 1971
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Eurydice clymeneia''
Monod, 1926
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Eurydice convexa''
Richardson, 1900
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Eurydice czerniavsky''
Bacescu, 1948
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Eurydice dollfusi''
Monod, 1930
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Eurydice elongata''
Moreira, 1972
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Eurydice emarginata''
Moreira, 1972
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Eurydice grimaldii''
Dollfus, 1888
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Eurydice humilis''
Stebbing, 1910
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Eurydice indicis''
Eleftheriou & Jones, 1976
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Eurydice inermis''
Hansen, 1890
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Eurydice inornata''
Jones, 1971
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Eurydice kensleyi''
Bruce & Soares, 1996
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Eurydice littoralis''
(Moore, 1901)
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Eurydice longiantennata''
Nunomura & Ikehara, 1985
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Eurydice longicornis''
(Studer)
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Eurydice longipes''
Jones, 1971
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Eurydice longispina''
Jones, 1969
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Eurydice lusitanica''
Jones & Pierpoint, 1997
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Eurydice mauritanica''
de Grave & Jones, 1991
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Eurydice minya''
Bruce, 1986
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Eurydice naylori''
Jones & Pierpoint, 1997
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Eurydice nipponica''
Bruce & Jones, 1981
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Eurydice orientalis''
Hansen, 1890
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Eurydice paxilli''
Schotte & Kensley, 2005
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Eurydice peraticis''
Jones, 1974
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Eurydice personata''
Kensley, 1987
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Eurydice piperata''
Menzies & Frankenberg, 1966
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Eurydice pontica''
(Czerniavsky, 1868)
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Eurydice pulchra
''Eurydice pulchra'', the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.
The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice of Greek mythology; the specific name means beautiful in Latin. The range of the s ...
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Leach, 1815
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Eurydice racovitzai''
Bacescu, 1949
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Eurydice rotundicauda''
Norman, 1906
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Eurydice saikaiensis''
Nunomura, 2008
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Eurydice spenceri''
Bruce, 1981B
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Eurydice spinigera''
Hansen, 1890
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Eurydice subtruncata''
Tattersall, 1921
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Eurydice tarti''
Bruce, 1986
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Eurydice truncata''
(Norman, 1868)
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Eurydice valkanovi''
Bacescu, 1949
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Eurydice woka''
Bruce, 1986
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Eurydice wyuna''
Bruce, 1986
References
Cymothoida
Isopod genera
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
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