Malacostraca |
Mysida |
Mysidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; brackish. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Iraq and India.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Widely distributed in brackish waters. Found among vegetation of Ceratophyllum sp. or hovers freely. Also under rocks or among plants such as Phragmites australis (Ref. 114998). Most mysids are omnivores, feeding on copepods, diatoms and organic detritus (Ref. 115106).
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Naser, M.D., T.A. Khalaf, A.GH. Yasser and H.SH. Darweesh 2012 New records of Indomysis nybini Biju & Pananpunnayil, 2010 from the south of Iraq. Crustaceana 85(3):379-383. (Ref. 114998)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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