''Praunus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
mysid shrimp
Mysida is an order (biology), order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida. Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a Brood pouch (Peracarida), brood pouch or "marsupium" in females. The ...
, comprising three species:
*''
Praunus flexuosus
''Praunus'' is a genus of mysid shrimp, 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, the g ...
''
(Müller, 1776)
*''
Praunus inermis
''Praunus'' is a genus of mysid shrimp, 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, the ge ...
''
(Rathke, 1843)
*''
Praunus neglectus''
(G. O. Sars, 1869)
When originally named in 1814 by
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach (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 medical apprenticesh ...
, the genus contained ''P. flexuosus'' (the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, 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 spe ...
), and a second species, "''P. integer''", which is now known as ''
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 ...
''.
References
Mysida
Malacostraca genera
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