Biology:Gnathophausia zoea

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Gnathophausia zoea
Gnathophausia zoea.jpg
Adult G. zoea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Lophogastrida
Family: Gnathophausiidae
Genus: Gnathophausia
Species:
G. zoea
Binomial name
Gnathophausia zoea
Willemoes-Suhm, 1875 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Illig, 1906 G. O. Sars 1885
  • Gnathophausia sarsi Gnathophausia willemoesi
  • Wood-Mason, 1891 Gnathophausia cristata

Gnathophausia zoea is a species of lophogastrid crustacean. It is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to the Equator; in the Pacific Ocean, it is more restricted to tropical areas.[2] The adults may reach 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in) long, excluding the rostrum, or around 70 mm (2.8 in) including the rostrum.[2]


This Species has also been knows as: Gnathophausia cristata Illig, 1906 (synonym); Gnathophausia sarsii Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (synonym) and Gnathophausia willemoesii G.O. Sars, 1883 (synonym)[1].

References

  1. Jan Mees (2012). "Gnathophausia zoea". World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119930. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Linda Haithcock Pequegnat (1965). "The bathypelagic mysid Gnathophausia (Crustacea) and its distribution in the Eastern Pacific Ocean". Pacific Science 19 (4): 399–421. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3855062 entry