Subfamily Boreomysinae Holt & Tattersall, 1905

Boreomysis obtusa, a non-Australian species.

© Copyright from Sars 1885: pl. 33, fig. 1.

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Introduction

Boreomysinae are generally meso-bathypelagic mysid shrimp, widely distributed throughout the world oceans. The family comprises two genera (Boreomysis Sars, 1869 and Birsteiniamysis Tchindonova, 1981) and about 38 species (Meland 2002). One species is known from Australian waters. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the group.

Diagnosis

Rostrum obtuse. Eyes normally developed. Mandible lacinia mobilis well developed, spine row present between lacinia mobilis and molar process. 1st maxilliped exopod well developed. 2nd thoracopod developed as a maxilliped, exopod well developed. Marsupium composed of seven pairs of oostegites. Uropod endopod statocyst present; exopod with proximal articulation, outer margin with slender and robust setae (proximal end entire, ending in two or three spines, distal margin setose). (Generated from Meland 2002)

General References

Holt, E.W.L. & Tattersall, W.M. 1905. Schizopodous Crustacea from the North-East Atlantic slope. Annual Report of the Fisheries of Ireland 1902–1903(2): 99-152, pls 15-25

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.

Sars, G.O. 1885. Report on the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(37): 1-228 pls 1-38

Tchindonova, J.G. 1981. New data on the systematic position of some deep-sea mysids (Mysidacea, Crustacea) and their distribution in the world ocean. pp. 24-33 in Vinogradova, N.G. (ed.). Biology of the Pacific Ocean Depths. Vladivostok : Acad. Sci. USSR. [in Russian]

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