Mysidae
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Mysidae is a family
of crustacean
s in the order
Mysida or mysid shrimps. Six sub-families are recognised:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Mysida or mysid shrimps. Six sub-families are recognised:
- Boreomysinae HoltErnest William Lyons HoltErnest William Lyons Holt was an eminent English marine naturalist and biologist specialized in ichthyology, the study of fish...
& W. M. TattersallWalter Medley TattersallWalter Medley Tattersall was a British zoologist and marine biologist, famous for his study of mysids.He was born in Liverpool, the eldest son of a draper's family. He studied zoology at the University of Liverpool, where he graduated in 1901...
, 1905a - Siriellinae NormanAlfred Merle NormanAlfred Merle Norman was an English clergyman and naturalist.-Early life:Norman was born in Exeter, England in 1831. His father was a landowner, surgeon and Deputy-Lieutenant of Somerset. He studied the molluscs and plants of Somerset at young age. He studied at Winchester College from 1844 to 1848...
, 1892 - Rhopalophthalminae HansenHans Jacob Hansen-References:*.-Literature:...
, 1910 - Gastrosaccinae NormanAlfred Merle NormanAlfred Merle Norman was an English clergyman and naturalist.-Early life:Norman was born in Exeter, England in 1831. His father was a landowner, surgeon and Deputy-Lieutenant of Somerset. He studied the molluscs and plants of Somerset at young age. He studied at Winchester College from 1844 to 1848...
, 1892 - Mysinae HansenHans Jacob Hansen-References:*.-Literature:...
, 1910 - Mysidellinae HansenHans Jacob Hansen-References:*.-Literature:...
, 1910