''Neomysis'' (from the

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affix '' neo-'', "new", and the genus name '' Mysis'') is a genus of

opossum shrimp Mysida is an order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida. Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a brood pouch or "marsupium" in females. The fact that the larvae are reared in this ...

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mysid Mysida is an order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida. Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a brood pouch or "marsupium" in females. The fact that the larvae are reared in thi ...

crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...

) from 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 ...

, distributed in the coastal zone of temperate seas of the

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and

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. Several species, particularly from the West

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, are also found in fresh and brackish waters. The genus contains the following 18 species: *'' Neomysis americana'' (S. I. Smith, 1873) *'' Neomysis awatschensis'' (Brandt, 1851) *'' Neomysis czerniawskii'' Derzhavin, 1913 *'' Neomysis ilyapai'' Holmquist, 1957 *''

Neomysis integer ''Neomysis integer'' is a species of Mysidacea, opossum shrimp found in shallow marine bays and Estuary, estuaries of Europe, with a transparent greenish or brownish body and a large cephalothorax. It is found in very shallow water in both high a ...

'' (Leach, 1814) *''

Neomysis intermedia ''Neomysis'' (from the Greek language, Greek affix '':wikt:neo-, neo-'', "new", and the genus name ''Mysis'') is a genus of opossum shrimp (mysid crustacean) from the family Mysidae, distributed in the coastal zone of temperate seas of the North ...

'' (Czerniavsky, 1882) *'' Neomysis japonica'' Nakazawa, 1910 *'' Neomysis kadiakensis'' Ortmann, 1908 *'' Neomysis mercedis'' Holmes, 1896 *'' Neomysis meridionalis'' Colosi, 1924 *'' Neomysis mirabilis'' (Czerniavsky, 1882) *'' Neomysis monticellii'' Colosi, 1924 *'' Neomysis nakazawai'' Ii, 1936 *'' Neomysis orientalis'' Ii, 1964 *'' Neomysis patagona'' Zimmer, 1907 *'' Neomysis rayii'' (Murdoch, 1885) *'' Neomysis sopayi'' Holmquist, 1957 *'' Neomysis spinosa'' Nakazawa, 1910

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