Neobirsteiniamysis
| Neobirsteiniamysis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Mysida |
| Family: | Mysidae |
| Subfamily: | Boreomysinae |
| Genus: | Neobirsteiniamysis Hendrickx & Tchindonova, 2020 |
Neobirsteiniamysis is a mysid crustacean genus of the subfamily Boreomysinae of the family Mysidae. Some of the largest mysids. Exclusively deep water. Cosmopolitan. 2 species.[1][2]
Description[edit]
The eyes are lacking cornea, concave laterally, with the microfibrous microstructures on the concave surface. The telson lateral margins are as wide as or wider than the anterion part of the telson. The statocyst is poorly developed.[1][3]
Taxonomy[edit]
Type species of the genus is Petalophthalmus inermis Willemoes-Suhm, 1874. The name comes from the neo- (Greek new) and Birsteiniamysis (the unavailable genus-name, replaced by Neobirsteiniamysis).[1][4]
Classification[edit]
Includes 2 species:
- Neobirsteiniamysis inermis (Willemoes-Suhm, 1874)
- Neobirsteiniamysis caeca (Birstein et Tchindonova, 1958)
Habitat[edit]
Neobirsteiniamysis is bathyal-abyssal genus, and thus combines exclusively deep-water oceanic mysids. Depth range 700-7200 m.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Hendrickx, M. E.; Tchindonova, J.G. (2020). "Validation of Neobirsteiniamysis Hendrickx and Tchindonova, proposed for the nomen nudum Birsteiniamysis Tchindonova (Crustacea: Mysida)". Nauplius. 28 (e2020040). doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2020040. S2CID 226651551.
- ^ Jan Mees; Kenneth Meland (2012). "Birsteiniamysis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ a b Daneliya, M. E. "Mysid subfamily Boreomysinae (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 75 (2). doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1845. hdl:10138/357511.
- ^ Hendrickx, M. E.; Sidorov, D.; Tchindonova, J.G. (2020). "Replacement for the nomenclaturally unavailable name Birsteiniamysis Tchindonova (Crustacea, Mysida)". Geomare Zoologica. 2 (2): 19–23.