Gnathophausia zoea

Gnathophausia zoea
	Adult G. zoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Lophogastrida
Family:	Gnathophausiidae
Genus:	Gnathophausia
Species:	G. zoea
Binomial name
	Gnathophausia zoea; Willemoes-Suhm, 1875
Synonyms
	Gnathophausia Willemoesi G. O. Sars 1885; Gnathophausia Sarsi Wood-Mason, 1891; Gnathophausia cristata Illig, 1906;

Gnathophausia zoea is a species of lophogastrid crustacean. It is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to the Equator; in the Pacific Ocean, it is more restricted to tropical areas.^[2] The adults may reach 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in) long, excluding the rostrum, or around 70 mm (2.8 in) including the rostrum.^[2]

References

^ Jan Mees (2012). Mees J, Meland K (eds.). "Gnathophausia zoea". World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Linda Haithcock Pequegnat (1965). "The bathypelagic mysid Gnathophausia (Crustacea) and its distribution in the Eastern Pacific Ocean". Pacific Science. 19 (4): 399–421. hdl:10125/7299.

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