Subfamily Gastrosaccinae Norman, 1892

Anchialina typica

© Copyright from Sars 1885: pl. 34, figs 4 & 6.

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Introduction

The subfamily Gastrosaccinae comprises eight genera with about 96 species (Price et al. 2001). Five genera and 31 species, mainly in the genus Haplostylus, are known from Australian waters. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the family.

Diagnosis

Rostrum obtuse or broadly rounded. Eyes reduced (flattened to one or two leaf-like forms). Mandible lacinia mobilis reduced or absent (lacinia mobilis on left and right mandible absent), spine row reduced to a single spine. 1st maxilliped exopod absent. 2nd thoracopod developed as a maxilliped, exopod absent (as in Petalophthalmus) or well developed (as in Hansenomysis). Marsupium composed of seven pairs of oostegites. Uropod endopod statocyst absent; exopod with distal articulation, outer margin entire (as in Petalophthalmus) or outer margin with slender and robust setae (as in Hansenomysis). (Generated from Meland 2002)

General References

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.

Norman, A.M. 1892. On British Mysida, a family of Crustacea Schizopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 10: 143-166, 242-263, pls 9, 10

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

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