Family BOREOMYSIDAE Holt & Tattersall, 1905
Boreomysis obtusa, a non-Australian species.
© Copyright from Sars 1885: pl. 33, fig. 1.
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Family BOREOMYSIDAE Holt & Tattersall, 1905
Introduction
The Boreomysidae were introduced as a subfamily by Holt & Tattersall (1905) and raised to family status by Tchindonova (1981). They are generally meso-bathypelagic mysidaceans, widely distributed throughout the world oceans. The family comprises two genera (Boreomysis Sars, 1869 and Birsteiniamysis Tchindonova, 1981) and about 38 species (Meland 2002). One species is known from Australian waters. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the group.
Diagnosis
Rostrum obtuse. Eyes normally developed. Mandible lacinia mobilis well developed, spine row present between lacinia mobilis and molar process. 1st maxilliped exopod well developed. 2nd thoracopod developed as a maxilliped, exopod well developed. Marsupium composed of seven pairs of oostegites. Uropod endopod statocyst present; exopod with proximal articulation, outer margin with slender and robust setae (proximal end entire, ending in two or three spines, distal margin setose). (Generated from Meland 2002)
General References
Holt, E.W.L. & Tattersall, W.M. 1905. Schizopodous Crustacea from the North-East Atlantic slope. Annual Report of the Fisheries of Ireland 1902–1903(2): 99-152, pls 15-25
Meland, K. 2002. Mysidacea: Families, subfamilies, tribes and subtribes. http://crustacea.net
Müller H.-G. 1993. World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Recent Mysidacea. Laboratory for Tropical Ecosystems Research and Information Service, Wetzlar. 491 pp.
Price, W., Anderson, G. & Heard, R. 2001. Mysida homepage. http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/mysids/index.html
Sars, G.O. 1885. Report on the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology) 13(37): 1-228 pls 1-38
Tchindonova, J.G. 1981. New data on the systematic position of some deep-sea mysids (Mysidacea, Crustacea) and their distribution in the world ocean. pp. 24-33 in Vinogradova, N.G. (ed.). Biology of the Pacific Ocean Depths. Vladivostok : Acad. Sci. USSR. [in Russian]