Mysis

Mysis is a genus of mysid crustaceans in the family Mysidae, distributed mainly in the coastal zone of the Arctic and high boreal seas. Several species also inhabit northern freshwater lakes and the brackish Caspian Sea. Fifteen species are recognized. Body lengths range from .

Species

opossum shrimps

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderMysida
FamilyMysidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Mysis is een geslacht van aasgarnalen uit de familie van de Mysidae. Soorten Mysis amblyops G. O. Sars, 1907 Mysis caspia G. O. Sars, 1895 Mysis diluviana Audzijonytė & Väinölä, 2005 Mysis gaspensis O. Tattersall, 1954 Mysis litoralis (Banner, 1948) Mysis macrolepis G. O. Sars, 1907 Mysis microphthalma G. O. Sars, 1895 Mysis mixta Lilljeborg, 1853 Mysis nordenskioldi Audzijonytė & Väinölä, 2007 Mysis oculata (Fabricius, 1780) Mysis polaris Holmquist, 1859) Mysis relicta Lovén, 1862 Mysis salemaai Audzijonytė & Väinölä, 2005 Mysis segerstralei Audzijonytė & Väinölä, 2005 Mysis stenolepis Smith, 1873

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 100
With media: 46
Family: Mysidae
Collections: AMNH, CAS
Recorded in: Bahamas, United States

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Mysis diluviana.jpg

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Commons category: Mysis
taxon name: Mysis
taxon rank: genus

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