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Stygiomysida

Stygiomysida is a small order of malacostracan crustaceans in the superorder Peracarida. It has traditionally been considered part of the order Mysida, but was separated from it on phylogenetic grounds.

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Stygiomysida
Spelaeomysis quinterensis (Lepidomysidae)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Stygiomysida
Tchindonova, 1981

Stygiomysida is a small order of malacostracan crustaceans in the superorder Peracarida.1 It has traditionally been considered part of the order Mysida (opossum shrimps), but was separated from it on phylogenetic grounds.2

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Stygiomysis cokei (Stygiomysidae) source ↗
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References

  1. "Stygiomysida". WoRMS www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. Meland, K.; Mees, J.; Porter, M.; Wittmann, K. J. (2015). Taxonomic Review of the Orders Mysida and Stygiomysida (Crustacea, Peracarida). PLoS ONE 10(4): e0124656