Mysidium Dana, 1852

Wittmann, Karl J. & Wirtz, Peter, 2019, Revision of the amphiamerican genus Mysidium Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae), with descriptions of two new species and the establishment of two new subgenera, European Journal of Taxonomy 495, pp. 1-48 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.495

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65CC1141-E560-4979-97E5-F0701563C84B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5695527

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D1E37C-FF9D-FFBC-4453-C953FC30FAB6

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scientific name

Mysidium Dana, 1852
status

 

Mysidium Dana, 1852 View in CoL , nominotypical subgenus

Diagnosis

Subdivision of the genus Mysidium Dana, 1852 , characterized by three-segmented carpopropodus of third thoracic endopod. Merus of this endopod with non-serrated setae exclusively, with the reservation that this feature is unknown in M. rickettsi Harrison & Bowman, 1987 . Third male pleopod with medial widening at 40–60% distance from basis. Sympod of fourth male pleopod without setae on rostral face. Its exopod four-segmented; the two proximal segments without setae; the two distal segments each with one unbranched modified seta. Telson entire, or at most with a rounded, shallow indentation.

Distribution

Littoral and sublittoral waters of Atlantic and Pacific coasts of subtropical to tropical America (32° N to 24° S), including Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of California.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Mysida

Family

Mysidae

SubFamily

Mysinae

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