Biology:Gnathophausia ingens

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Short description: Species of crustacean


Gnathophausia ingens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Lophogastrida
Family: Gnathophausiidae
Genus: Gnathophausia
Species:
G. ingens
Binomial name
Gnathophausia ingens
(Dohrn, 1870) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Neognathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870)

Gnathophausia ingens, the giant red mysid, is a species of lophogastrid crustacean with a pantropical distribution.[2] The adults may reach 35 cm (14 in) long, including the rostrum.[2] Females may brood their young for up to 530 days.[3] Brooding females live between 900 and 1,400 m (3,000–4,600 ft) in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California . They do not feed during this time.[4] When they feed, they prey on smaller crustaceans.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kenneth Meland & Jan Mees (2012). "Gnathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870)". World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119929. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Linda Haithcock Pequegnat (1965). "The bathypelagic mysid Gnathophausia (Crustacea) and its distribution in the eastern Pacific Ocean". Pacific Science 19 (4): 399–421. 
  3. J. J. Childress & M. H. Price (1978). "Growth rate of the bathypelagic crustacean Gnathophausia ingens (Mysidacea: Lophogastridae). I. Dimensional growth and population structure". Marine Biology 50 (1): 47–62. doi:10.1007/BF00390541. 
  4. J. J. Childress & M. H. Price (1983). "Growth rate of the bathypelagic crustacean Gnathophausia ingens (Mysidacea: Lophogastridae) II. Accumulation of material and energy". Marine Biology 76 (2): 165–177. doi:10.1007/BF00392733. 
  5. "Giant red mysid". Monterey Bay Aquarium. http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?enc=Z5SIVkZ+n+XOmL/K7IUhGw==. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3855018 entry