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Praunus

Praunus is a genus of mysid shrimp, comprising three species:Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) Praunus neglectus (G. O. Sars, 1869)

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Praunus
Praunus flexuosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Subfamily: Mysinae
Tribe: Paramysini
Genus: Praunus
Leach, 1814

Praunus is a genus of mysid shrimp, comprising three species:1

  • Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776)
  • Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843)
  • Praunus neglectus (G. O. Sars, 1869)

When originally named in 1814 by William Elford Leach, the genus contained P. flexuosus (the type species), and a second species, "P. integer", which is now known as Neomysis integer.2

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References

  1. Jan Mees (2011). Deprez T (ed.). "Praunus Leach, 1814". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  2. Walter Medley Tattersall & Olive S. Tattersall (1951). The British Mysidacea. Ray Society publications. Vol. 136. Ray Society. p. 1.