Family MYSIDAE Haworth, 1825

Tenagomysis australis

© Copyright from Fenton 1991: fig. 1.

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Introduction

The Mysidae are a large family of 102 genera and about 560 species (Meland 2002). The family dominates the Australian mysidacean fauna with 38 genera and 137 species in five subfamilies. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the family.

Diagnosis

Rostrum obtuse, elongate or broadly rounded. Eyes normally developed or reduced. Antenna 2 scale present, reduced or absent. Mandible lacinia mobilis well developed, reduced or absent, spine row between lacinia mobilis and molar process present, reduced to a single spine or absent. 1st maxilliped exopod absent, or well developed. 2nd thoracopod developed as a maxilliped, exopod absent. Marsupium composed of two pairs or three pairs of oostegites. Uropod endopod statocyst present; exopod complete or with distal articulation, outer margin with robust setae or setose around entire margin. (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.

Fenton, G.E. 1991. Three new species of Tenagomysis from the coastal waters of south-eastern Tasmania (Crustacea: Mysidae: Mysinae: Leptomysini). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 52(2): 325-335

Haworth, A.H. 1825. A new binary arrangement of the brachyurous Crustacea. Philosophical Magazine London 65: 105-106, 183-184

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