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Mysidae
	Mysid seen from below with the; feeding basket open, used for filter feeding.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Mysidacea
Family:	Mysidae; Haworth, 1825
Genera
	See text.

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In biology, the large family Mysidae is one of the principal subgroups within the order Mysidacea or mysid shrimps. Six sub-families are recognised.

The members of Mysidae are sometimes called fairy shrimps. Their characteristic feature is the presence of a statocyst on the endopod of the uropod.

Sub-family list

Boreomysinae Holt & W. M. Tattersall, 1905a
Siriellinae Norman, 1892
Rhopalophthalminae Hansen, 1910
Gastrosaccinae Norman, 1892
Mysinae Hansen, 1910
Mysidellinae Hansen, 1910

Genera list

This may not be a complete list.

This crustacean-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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-| image_caption = Mysid seen from below with the<br />[[feeding basket]] open, used for [[filter feeding]]
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-In biology, the [[family (biology)|family]] '''Mysidae''' is one of the principal subgroups within the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Mysidacea]] or mysid shrimps.
+In biology, the large [[family (biology)|family]] '''Mysidae''' is one of the principal subgroups within the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Mysidacea]] or mysid shrimps.  Six sub-families are recognised.
 The members of Mysidae are sometimes called '''fairy shrimps'''.  Their characteristic feature is the presence of a [[statocyst]] on the [[endopod]] of the [[uropod]].
+==Sub-family list==
-The family is a large one, and seven subfamilies are recognised:
-*Boreomysinae [[Ernest William Lyons Holt|Holt]] & [[Walter Medley Tattersall|W. M. Tattersall]], 1905a
+* Boreomysinae <small>[[Ernest William Lyons Holt|Holt]] & [[Walter Medley Tattersall|W. M. Tattersall]], 1905a</small>
-*Siriellinae [[Norman (taxonomy)|Norman]], 1892
+* Siriellinae <small>[[Norman (taxonomy)|Norman]], 1892</small>
-*Rhopalophthalminae [[Hans Jacob Hansen|Hansen]], 1910
+* Rhopalophthalminae <small>[[Hans Jacob Hansen|Hansen]], 1910</small>
-*Gastrosaccinae Norman, 1892
+* Gastrosaccinae <small>Norman, 1892</small>
-*Mysinae Hansen, 1910
+* Mysinae <small>Hansen, 1910</small>
-*Mysidellinae Hansen, 1910
+* Mysidellinae <small>Hansen, 1910</small>
+==Genera list==
-It includes the following 58 [[genus|genera]] (this may not be a complete list):
-*''[[Acanthomysis]]''
+* ''[[Acanthomysis]]''
-*''[[Amblyops]]''
+* ''[[Amblyops]]''
-*''[[Amblyopsoides]]''
+* ''[[Amblyopsoides]]''
-*''[[Anchialina]]''
+* ''[[Anchialina]]''
-*''[[Anisomysis]]''
+* ''[[Anisomysis]]''
-*''[[Arachnomysis]]''
+* ''[[Arachnomysis]]''
-*''[[Atlanterythrops]]''
+* ''[[Atlanterythrops]]''
-*''[[Bathymysis]]''
+* ''[[Bathymysis]]''
-*''[[Boreomysis]]''
+* ''[[Boreomysis]]''
-*''[[Burrimysis]]''
+* ''[[Burrimysis]]''
-*''[[Caesaromysis]]''
+* ''[[Caesaromysis]]''
-*''[[Calyptomma]]''
+* ''[[Calyptomma]]''
-*''[[Chunomysis]]''
+* ''[[Chunomysis]]''
-*''[[Dactylamblyops]]''
+* ''[[Dactylamblyops]]''
-*''[[Dactylerythrops]]''
+* ''[[Dactylerythrops]]''
-*''[[Diamysis]]''
+* ''[[Diamysis]]''
-*''[[Erythrops]]''
+* ''[[Erythrops]]''
-*''[[Euchaetomera]]''
+* ''[[Euchaetomera]]''
-*''[[Euchaetomeropsis]]''
+* ''[[Euchaetomeropsis]]''
-*''[[Gastrosaccus]]''
+* ''[[Gastrosaccus]]''
-*''[[Haplostylus]]''
+* ''[[Haplostylus]]''
-*''[[Hemimysis]]''
+* ''[[Hemimysis]]''
-*''[[Heteroerythrops]]''
+* ''[[Heteroerythrops]]''
-*''[[Heteromysis]]''
+* ''[[Heteromysis]]''
-*''[[Heteromysoides]]''
+* ''[[Heteromysoides]]''
-*''[[Hypererythrops]]''
+* ''[[Hypererythrops]]''
-*''[[Iimysis]]''
+* ''[[Iimysis]]''
-*''[[Kainomatomysis]]''
+* ''[[Kainomatomysis]]''
-*''[[Katamysis]]''
+* ''[[Katamysis]]''
-*''[[Katerythrops]]''
+* ''[[Katerythrops]]''
-*''[[Leptomysis]]''
+* ''[[Leptomysis]]''
-*''[[Limnomysis]]''
+* ''[[Limnomysis]]''
-*''[[Longithorax]]''
+* ''[[Longithorax]]''
-*''[[Mesopodopsis]]''
+* ''[[Mesopodopsis]]''
-*''[[Metamblyops]]''
+* ''[[Metamblyops]]''
-*''[[Meterythrops]]''
+* ''[[Meterythrops]]''
-*''[[Michthyops]]''
+* ''[[Michthyops]]''
-*''[[Mysideis]]''
+* ''[[Mysideis]]''
-*''[[Mysidella]]''
+* ''[[Mysidella]]''
-*''[[Mysidetes]]''
+* ''[[Mysidetes]]''
-*''[[Mysidopsis]]''
+* ''[[Mysidopsis]]''
-*''[[Mysis]]''
+* ''[[Mysis]]''
-*''[[Neomysis]]''
+* ''[[Neomysis]]''
-*''[[Paraleptomysis]]''
+* ''[[Paraleptomysis]]''
-*''[[Paramblyops]]''
+* ''[[Paramblyops]]''
-*''[[Paramysis]]''
+* ''[[Paramysis]]''
-*''[[Parapseudomma]]''
+* ''[[Parapseudomma]]''
-*''[[Parerythrops]]''
+* ''[[Parerythrops]]''
-*''[[Praunus]]''
+* ''[[Praunus]]''
-*''[[Pseudomma]]''
+* ''[[Pseudomma]]''
-*''[[Pseudomysis]]''
+* ''[[Pseudomysis]]''
-*''[[Pyroleptomysis]]''
+* ''[[Pyroleptomysis]]''
-*''[[Rhopalophthalmus]]''
+* ''[[Rhopalophthalmus]]''
-*''[[Schistomysis]]''
+* ''[[Schistomysis]]''
-*''[[Siriella]]''
+* ''[[Siriella]]''
-*''[[Stilomysis]]''
+* ''[[Stilomysis]]''
-*''[[Teraterythrops]]''
+* ''[[Teraterythrops]]''
-*''[[Thalassomysis]]''
+* ''[[Thalassomysis]]''
+This may not be a complete list.
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