Subfamily Mysidellinae Czerniavsky, 1882

Mysidella typica, a non-Australian species.

© Copyright from Tattersall & Tattersall 1951: fig. 118.

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Introduction

The small subfamily Mysidellinae comprises one genus and about 11 species (Price et al. 2001), known from the Caribbean Sea, the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, the western Pacific from Japan to the South China Sea and southern Australia. Four species occurs in Australian waters. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the family.

Diagnosis

Rostrum elongate (forming a small triangular apex). Antenna 2 scale outer margin smooth, setose. Labrum asymmetrical (produced posteriorly into two unequal lobes). Mandible lacinia mobilis well developed, spine row between lacinia mobilis and molar process present, molar process well developed. Female pleopods uniramous or greatly reduced. Uropod exopod complete. (Generated from Meland 2002)

General References

Czerniavsky, V. 1882. Monographia mysidarum inprimis imperii rossici (marin., lacustr. et fluviatilium). Fasc. 1. Travaux de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de St.-Pétersbourg 12: 1-170 16 pls [in Russian]

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.

Tattersall, W.M. & Tattersall, O.S. 1951. The British Mysidacea. Ray Society Publications 136: viii 460 pp.

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