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Neomysis
Sign in to saveNeomysis (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:
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderMysida
- FamilyMysidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Mysidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Argentina
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- Czerniavsky, 1882
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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: Neomysis americana (S. I. Smith, 1873) Neomysis awatschensis (Brandt, 1851) Neomysis czerniawskii Derzhavin, 1913 Neomysis ilyapai Holmquist, 1957 Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) Neomysis intermedia (Czerniavsky, 1882) Neomysis japonica Nakazawa, 1910 Neomysis kadiakensis Ortmann, 1908 Neomysis mercedis Holmes, 1896 Neomysis meridionalis Colosi, 1924 Neomysis mirabilis (Czerniavsky, 1882) Neomysis monticellii Colosi, 1924 Neomysis nakazawai Ii, 1936 Neomysis orientalis Ii, 1964 Neomysis patagona Zimmer, 1907 Neomysis rayii (Murdoch, 1885) Neomysis sopayi Holmquist, 1957 Neomysis spinosa Nakazawa, 1910
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