Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca Author Amon, Diva J Author Ziegler, Amanda F Author Drazen, Jeffrey C Author Grischenko, Andrei V Author Leitner, Astrid B Author Lindsay, Dhugal J Author Voight, Janet R Author Wicksten, Mary K Author Young, Craig M Author Smith, Craig R text Biodiversity Data Journal 2017 5 14598 14598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598 1314-2828--14598 Eurythenes magellanicus H. Milne Edwards, 1848 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: AB1-TR04-amph-5 ; recordNumber: AB1-TR04-amph-5; recordedBy: Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: Adult ; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution and remainder of animal preserved in 4% formaldehyde; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Eurythenesmagellanicus; scientificName: Eurythenesmagellanicus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Malacostraca; order: Amphipoda; family: Eurytheneidae; genus: Eurythenes; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: H. Milne Edwards, 1848; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4170; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.7615 ; decimalLongitude: -116.4655 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Inga Mohrbeck, Mary Wicksten, Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner, Diva J. Amon, Amanda Ziegler ; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified by morphology and DNA of collected specimen; Event: samplingProtocol: Baited Trap ; eventDate: 2013-10-17 ; eventTime: 7:13; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: TR04; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes This and other amphipods can be distinguished from "true shrimp" (Order Decapoda ) by having NO carapace, sessile eyes (no stalks) and three pairs of terminal appendages (uropods). Species of Eurythenes are the largest deep-sea amphipods and often are attracted to bait. Notice that there are large coxal plates at the bases of the legs - these are absent in decapod shrimps. Fig. 11