Wittmann 2020b
Wittmann 2020b
WITTMANN, K.J., 2020. Heteromysis (Heteromysis) abednavandii sp.n.: a new species from coral reef aquaria in the Aqua Terra Zoo, Vienna, Austria (Mysida, Mysidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, ser. B, 122: 141–158.
After the detection of Heteromysis (Olivemysis) domusmaris Wittmann & Abed-Navandi, 2019, an additional species of the genus Heteromysis has been encountered in coral reef exhibition tanks and connected filtration tanks of the public aquarium center Haus des Meeres (Aqua Terra Zoo), Vienna, Austria. This material is first described here as Heteromysis (Heteromysis) abednavandii sp.n. based on its most striking characteristics: a large dorsal apophysis on the basal segment of the antennular trunk, labrum anteriorly produced into a short, rounded process, and a toothed longitudinal ridge terminally on the caudal face of the merus of the third thoracic endopod in both sexes. Besides features typical of the subgenus Heteromysis, the new species is also characterized by important features of the antennae, eyes, rostrum, carpopropodus of third thoracic endopod, penes, and by spine patterns on the endopods of uropods and telson. The most similar species are known from (sub)tropical waters of the mid Indian Ocean to the West-Pacific, to a lesser extent also Caribbean and Mediterranean. Short notes are given on color, foregut, and larval morphology.
mysids; first description; taxonomy; anthropogenic dispersal; public aquarium center
Heteromysis (Heteromysis) abednavandii nov. spec.; Heteromysis (Heteromysis) mureseanui; Heteromysis (Heteromysis) riedli; Heteromysis (Heteromysis) spinosa; Heteromysis (Olivemysis) domusmaris; Heteromysis (Olivemysis) kushimotensis; Heteromysis abednavandii; Heteromysis elegans; Heteromysis inflaticauda; Heteromysis japonica; Heteromysis macropsis; Heteromysis minuta; Heteromysis nomurai; Heteromysis thailandica; genus Heteromysis; subgenus Heteromysis; Heteromysini; Mysidae; Mysida