Family GNATHOPHAUSIIDAE Udrescu, 1984

Neognathophausia gigas

© Copyright from Tattersall & Tattersall 1951: fig. 1.

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Introduction

The Gnathophausiidae are a small family of two genera and 10 species (Meland 2002). Both genera and three species are known from Australian waters. Müller (1993) catalogued the family.

Diagnosis

Rostrum elongate (spear-shaped, three-edged, and triangular in cross section). Antenna 2 scale with apical or without apical suture, outer margin serrated, without setae. Maxilla 1 endopod with two articles. Uropod exopod with distal articulation. (Generated from Meland 2002)

General References

Fenton, G.E. 1985. Ecology and Taxonomy of Mysids (Mysidacea: Crustacea). PhD thesis, University of Tasmania, Hobart. 366 pp.

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.

Tattersall, W.M. & Tattersall, O.S. 1951. The British Mysidacea. Ray Society Publications 136: viii 460 pp.

Udrescu, A. 1984. Transpecific-evolution (family level) within Lophogastrida. A new family — Gnathophausiidae (Lophogastrida, Mysidacea). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 25: 59-77