''Neobirsteiniamysis'' is a
mysid crustacean genus of the subfamily
Boreomysinae
Boreomysinae is a subfamily of large, mostly deep-water oceanic mysid crustaceans from the family Mysidae. The name, which can be translated as "northern mysids", comes from the genus '' Boreomysis'' G.O. Sars, 1869, established for '' Boreomys ...
of the family
Mysidae
Mysidae is the largest family of crustaceans in the order Mysida, with over 1000 species in around 170 genera.
Characteristics
Members of the family Mysidae are distinguished from other mysids by the fact that the first pereopod (walking leg) h ...
. Some of the largest mysids. Exclusively deep water. Cosmopolitan. 2 species.
Description
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.
Taxonomy
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'').
Classification
Includes 2 species:
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Neobirsteiniamysis inermis
''Neobirsteiniamysis'' is a Mysida, mysid crustacean genus of the subfamily Boreomysinae of the family Mysidae. Some of the largest mysids. Exclusively deep water. Cosmopolitan. 2 species.
Description
The eyes are lacking cornea, concave lateral ...
'' (Willemoes-Suhm, 1874)
*''
Neobirsteiniamysis caeca
''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.
Description
The eyes are lacking cornea, concave laterally, wit ...
'' (Birstein et Tchindonova, 1958)
Habitat
''Neobirsteiniamysis'' is bathyal-abyssal genus, and thus combines exclusively deep-water oceanic mysids. Depth range 700-7200 m.
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References
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Mysida
Crustaceans described in 2020
Malacostraca genera