Wittmann 2023b
Wittmann 2023b
WITTMANN, K.J., 2023b. Subchapter 7.7. Orders Mysida and Stygiomysida. In: C. Piscart, A.I. Camacho, N. Coineau, M. Christodoulou, G. Messana & K.J. Wittmann (chapter eds), Chapter 7. Class Malacostraca (subclass Eumalacostraca). In: A. Maasri & J.H. Thorp (volume eds), Identification and Ecology of Freshwater Arthropods in the Mediterranean Basin: 209-217. (Elsevier)..
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821844-0.00018-1
Mysids are a minor faunal component of freshwaters worldwide, in decreasing order of lakes, rivers, and karstic groundwater, including in the Mediterranean region. So far ten species from the order Mysida and two species from the Stygiomysida have been recorded in Mediterranean freshwaters; only four of these species are restricted to freshwater habitats. The oldest mysid fossils are from Triassic sediments deposited long before the genesis of the Mediterranean basin, close to today’s western Mediterranean coast. This contribution provides short outlines on the taxonomy, morphology, general ecology, and distribution of Mediterranean mysids. For a better understanding the respective morphological terms, methods of collection, preparation, and preservation are also provided. Due to their shrimp-like habitus, mysids are often confused in the field with decapods, all the more rendering important to consult the here presented combined textual and pictorial keys to the twelve species so far recorded in Mediterranean freshwaters, plus two other species expected there.
Eumalacostraca; Peracarida; distribution; identification keys; taxonomy; freshwater; Mediterranean
Mysida, Staygiomysida, Diamysis fluviatilis, Diamysis hebraica, Diamysis lacustris, Diamysis mesohalobia heterandra, Hemimysis anomala, Limnomysis benedeni, Mesopodopsis slabberi, Neomysis integer, Paramysis (Longidentia) adriatica, Paramysis (Serrapalpisis) kosswigi, Paramysis (Serrapalpisis) lacustris, Paramysis lacustris, Paramysis lacustris turcica, Spelaeomysis bottazzii, Stygiomysis hydruntina, Troglomysis vjetrenicensis