- Neomysis integer
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Neomysis integer Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Mysida Family: Mysidae Genus: Neomysis Species: N. integer Binomial name Neomysis integer
(Leach, 1815) [1]Neomysis integer is a species of opossum shrimp found in shallow marine bays of Europe, with a transparent greenish or brown body and a large cephalothorax.[2] These opossum shrimp are frequently found in large numbersand filter small food particles out of the water, occasionally consumimg larger prey. Opossum shrimps are themselves often consumed by fishes.[2] The females have a brood pouch in which eggs and larvae develop.[2]
References
- ^ "Neomysis integer (Leach, 1815)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=90063. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
- ^ a b c Christoph Needon, Johannes Petermann, Peter Scheffel & Bernd Scheiba (1989) (in German). Naturführer Pflanzen und Tiere. Leipzig: Urania-Verlag. pp. 279. ISBN 3332002562.
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