Biology:Americamysis

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Americamysis
Americamysis bigelowi (I0804) (14549705778).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Subfamily: Leptomysinae
Genus: Americamysis
G.O. Sars, 1864[1]
Species
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Americamysis is a genus of mysid shrimps in the family Mysidae. The sensitivity of these shrimps to water quality makes them suitable for bioassays. Americamysis bahia and Americamysis almyra, which are used frequently to test for pesticides and other toxic substances, are often referred to as Mysidopsis bahia and Mysidopsis almyra in the literature.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]


  • Americamysis alleni Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994
  • Americamysis almyra (Bowman, 1964)
  • Americamysis bahia (Molenock, 1969)
  • Americamysis bigelowi (W. Tattersall, 1926)
  • Americamysis stucki Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994
  • Americamysis taironana (Brattegard, 1973)


References

Wikidata ☰ Q4516922 entry