Heteromysis
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| Genus: | Heteromysis S.I. Smith, 1873
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Heteromysis (from Greek heteros meaning ‘different’, and mysis, a genus name Mysis) is a genus of marine mysid crustaceans (opossum shrimps) from the family Mysidae, associated with various shallow-water invertebrates. The name describes differentiation of its pereiopods (thoracic appendages) as possible adaptation to commensal life-style. Heteromysis is one of the largest mysid genera, containing more than 80 species. The genus is distributed globally, but predominantly in tropical and subtropical waters.[1]
References
- ^ Kouki Fukuoka (2005). "A new species of Heteromysis (Mysida, Mysidae) associated with sponges, from the Uraga Channel, central Japan, with notes on distribution and habitat within the genus Heteromysis". Crustaceana. 77 (11): 1253–1373. doi:10.1163/1568540043165976.