Cyamus rhytinae (J.F. von Brandt, 1846)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sirenocyamus rhytinae J.F. von Brandt, 1846
Conservation Status
Extinct (Carlton, 2023)
Last record: 1766 (Carlton, 2023)
Likely not a valid species (Carlton et al., 1999), but as no specimens appear to have been preserved there is no comparative material available.
Distribution
Bering Sea
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
von Brandt, Johann Friedrich. (1846). Über den gleichzeitig mit der Ausrottung der Pflegemutter bewerkstelligten geschichtlich nachweisbaren Untergang einer kleinen parasitischen Krebsart (Cyamus? oder richtiger vielleicht Sirenocyamus ? rhytinae) und eines Eingeweidewurmes der Jetztwelt. Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg,. 5: 189-192.
Other references:
Anderson, P. K. and Domning, D. P. (2002). Steller’s sea cow, pp. 1178-1185. In: Perrin, W. F., Wursig, W. and Thewissen, J. G. M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. New York, NY: Academic Press.
Carlton, James T. (2023). Marine Invertebrate Neoextinctions: An Update and Call for Inventories of Globally Missing Species. Diversity 15(6): 782. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060782
Carlton, J. T., Geller, J. B., Reaka-Kudla, M. L. and Norse, E. A. (1999). Historical extinctions in the sea. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30: 525-538.
del Monte-Luna, Pablo et al. (2023). A review of recent and future marine extinctions. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 1: e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2023.11
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2023). World Amphipoda Database. Cyamus rhytinae (J.F. Brandt, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431691 on 2023-03-06
Leung, Y.-M. (1967). An Illustrated Key to the Species of Whale-Lice (Amphipoda, Cyamidae), Ectoparasites of Cetacea, with a Guide to the Literature. Crustaceana 12(3): 279-291.
O'Clair, R. M. and O'Clair, C. E. (1998). Southeast Alaska's Rocky Shores. Animals. Auke Bay, Alaska: Plant Press. 564 pp.