Stygiomysida
Appearance
Stygiomysida | |
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Spelaeomysis quinterensis(Lepidomysidae) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Stygiomysida Tchindonova, 1981 |
Stygiomysidais a small order ofmalacostracancrustaceansin the superorderPeracarida.[1]It has traditionally been considered part of the orderMysida(opossum shrimps), but was separated from it on phylogenetic grounds.[2]
Families:[1]
- LepidomysidaeClarke, 1961(1 genus, 9 species)
- StygiomysidaeCaroli, 1937(1 genus, 7 species)
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References[edit]
- ^ab"Stygiomysida".WoRMS www.marinespecies.org.Retrieved5 August2023.
- ^Meland, K.; Mees, J.; Porter, M.; Wittmann, K. J. (2015).Taxonomic Review of the Orders Mysida and Stygiomysida (Crustacea, Peracarida).PLoS ONE10(4): e0124656