''Praunus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
mysid 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 ...
, comprising three species:
*''
Praunus flexuosus''
(Müller, 1776)
*''
Praunus inermis''
(Rathke, 1843)
*''
Praunus neglectus''
(G. O. Sars, 1869)
When originally named in 1814 by
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach Royal Society, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
Life and work
Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a me ...
, the genus contained ''P. flexuosus'' (the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
), and a second species, "''P. integer''", which is now known as ''
Neomysis integer''.
References
Mysida
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