Neomysis

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Neomysis
Brackwasserkrebs, Spaltfußkrabbe (Mysis vulgaris).jpg
Neomysis integer
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Neomysis
, 1882 [1]
Species

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Neomysis (from the Greek affix neo-, "new", and the genus name Mysis) is a genus of opossum shrimp (mysid crustacean) from the family Mysidae, distributed in the coastal zone of temperate seas of the Northern Hemisphere and South America. Several species, particularly from the West Pacific, are also found in fresh and brackish waters. The genus contains the following 18 species:[2]

  • Neomysis americana (S. I. Smith, 1873)
  • (Brandt, 1851)
  • Derzhavin, 1913
  • Holmquist, 1957
  • Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814)
  • (Czerniavsky, 1882)
  • Nakazawa, 1910
  • Ortmann, 1908
  • Holmes, 1896
  • Colosi, 1924
  • (Czerniavsky, 1882)
  • Colosi, 1924
  • Ii, 1936
  • Ii, 1964
  • Zimmer, 1907
  • (Murdoch, 1885)
  • Holmquist, 1957
  • Nakazawa, 1910

References[]

  1. ^ "Neomysis Czerniavsky, 1882". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Jan Mees (2012). Deprez T (ed.). "Neomysis Czerniavsky, 1882". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 9, 2012.


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