EURYTEINAE Monchenko 1975



EURYTE Philippi 1843


The genus Euryte presently includes ten named species and subspecies, worldwide distributed in shallow and deeper waters; some species have been found living in sand interstices or associated with corals and seaweed.


  • Euryte brevicauda Sewell, 1949 [Indian Ocean]
  • Euryte curticornis Sars, 1913 [East Atlantic Ocean]
  • Euryte grata Herbst, 1989 [West Indies, Puerto Rico; marine coastal waters]
  • Euryte longicauda Philippi 1843 emend. Giesbrecht, 1900 [European coasts, Suez; sea, caves]
  • Euryte longicauda minor T. Scott, 1905 [U.K., Norway; sea] [PDF]
  • Euryte robusta Giesbrecht, 1900 [Cosmopolitan; sea waters]
  • Euryte pseudorobusta Vervoort 1964 [Pacific Ocean]
  • Euryte sewelli Vervoort, 1964 [Indian Ocean]
  • Euryte similis Scott, 1912 [East Atlantic Ocean]
  • Euryte verecunda Humes, 1992 [Panama; coral associated]

  • ANCHEURYTE Herbst, 1989


  • Ancheuryte notabilis Herbst, 1989 [West Indies, Puerto Rico; marine coastal waters]




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