''Stygiomysis'' is the single genus of
crustaceans
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of Arthropod, arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquat ...
in the family Stygiomysidae, which is variously considered part of the orders
Stygiomysida or
Mysida
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 ...
.
The species of this genus are found in
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
.
Species:
[
*'' Stygiomysis aemete''
*'' Stygiomysis clarkei''
*'' Stygiomysis cokei''
*'' Stygiomysis holthuisi''
*'' Stygiomysis hydruntina''
*'' Stygiomysis ibarrae''
*'' Stygiomysis major''
]
References
Stygiomysida
Malacostraca genera
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