Mysidopsis

Mysidopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Genus: Mysidopsis
G.O. Sars, 1864[1]
Species
See text

Mysidopsis is a genus of mysid shrimps in the family Mysidae. The sensitivity of these shrimps to water quality makes them suitable for bioassays. Mysidopsis bahia and Mysidopsis almyra, which are used frequently to test for pesticides and other toxic substances, are now classified as Americamysis bahia and Americamysis almyra.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

  • Mysidopsis acuta Hansen, 1913
  • Mysidopsis angusta G.O. Sars, 1864
  • Mysidopsis ankeli Brattegard, 1973
  • Mysidopsis arenosa Brattegard, 1974
  • Mysidopsis badius Modlin, 1987
  • Mysidopsis bispinosa O. Tattersall, 1969
  • Mysidopsis bispinulata Brattegard, 1974
  • Mysidopsis brattegarti Bacescu & Gleye, 1979
  • Mysidopsis brattstroemi Brattegard, 1969
  • Mysidopsis buffaloensis Wooldridge, 1988
  • Mysidopsis cachuchoensis San Vicente, Frutos & Sorbe, 2012
  • Mysidopsis californica W. Tattersall, 1932
  • Mysidopsis camelina O. Tattersall, 1955
  • Mysidopsis cathengelae Gleye, 1982
  • Mysidopsis coelhoi Bacescu, 1968
  • Mysidopsis coralicola Bacescu, 1975
  • Mysidopsis cultrata Brattegard, 1973
  • Mysidopsis didelphys (Norman, 1863)
  • Mysidopsis eclipes Brattegard, 1969
  • Mysidopsis eremita O. Tattersall, 1962
  • Mysidopsis furca Bowman, 1957
  • Mysidopsis gibbosa G.O. Sars, 1864
  • Mysidopsis hellvillensis Nouvel, 1964
  • Mysidopsis iluroensis San Vicente, 2013
  • Mysidopsis indica W. Tattersall, 1922
  • Mysidopsis intii Holmquist, 1957
  • Mysidopsis japonica Ii, 1964
  • Mysidopsis juniae da Silva, 1979
  • Mysidopsis kempi W. Tattersall, 1922
  • Mysidopsis kenyana Bacescu & Vasilescu, 1973
  • Mysidopsis lata Bravo & Murano, 1996
  • Mysidopsis major (Zimmer, 1928)
  • Mysidopsis mathewsoni Brattegard, 1969
  • Mysidopsis mauchlinei Brattegard, 1974
  • Mysidopsis mortenseni W. Tattersall, 1951
  • Mysidopsis oligocenicus De Angeli & Rossi, 2006
  • Mysidopsis onofrensis Bacescu & Gleye, 1979
  • Mysidopsis rionegrensis Hoffmeyer, 1993
  • Mysidopsis robusta Brattegard, 1974
  • Mysidopsis robustispina Brattegard, 1969
  • Mysidopsis sankarankuttyi Bacescu, 1984
  • Mysidopsis schultzei (Zimmer, 1928)
  • Mysidopsis scintilae dos Reis & da Silva, 1987
  • Mysidopsis similis (Zimmer, 1912)
  • Mysidopsis suedafrikana O. Tattersall, 1969
  • Mysidopsis surugae Murano, 1970
  • Mysidopsis tortonesei Bacescu, 1968
  • Mysidopsis velifera Brattegard, 1973
  • Mysidopsis virgulata Brattegard, 1974

References

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