''Eurythenes thurstoni'' is a species of

amphipod Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...

of the genus

Eurythenes ''Eurythenes'' is a genus of marine amphipods in the family Eurytheneidae. Species *''Eurythenes aequilatus, E. aequilatus'' Narahara-Nakano, Nakano & Tomikawa, 2017 *''Eurythenes andhakarae, E. andhakarae'' d'Udekem d'Acoz & Havermans, 2015 * ...

. It was first described in 2004 and named after Mike Thurston, a marine biologist specialising in deep-sea amphipods. ''E. thurstoni'' is found in the west

South Pacific Ocean South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

and the

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

and

South Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for ...

. It can grow up to 46mm long, making it the smallest species of ''Eurythenes''.

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thurstoni Crustaceans described in 2004 {{Amphipod-stub