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Mysids (Crustacea) from the salt pans of Mumbai, India, with a description of a new species

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Title Mysids (Crustacea) from the salt pans of Mumbai, India, with a description of a new species
 
Creator Biju, A.
Panampunnayil, S.U.
 
Subject marine crustaceans
new species
Indonysis nybini
taxonomy
 
Description The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of mysids collected from the salt pans of Mumbai, India, were studied. Two mysid species are represented, of which one species, Indomysis nybini, is described as new to science. The new species is distinguished from the related species by the presence of a distal suture in the antennal scale, lack of articulation on the exopod of the fourth male pleopod and the presence of spines on the endopod of the uropod. The new species, Indomysis nybini, is fairly common in Thane salt pan and its population density varied from 0 to 425 ind./m sup(3). In Bhayander salt pan the mysids Mesopodopsis orientalis and Indomysis nybini were both present but never coexisted. In terms of mysid population density, Bhayander (ave. 79 ind./m sup(3)) was more productive than Thane (ave. 14 ind./m sup(3)).
 
Date 2010-10-07T09:25:44Z
2010-10-07T09:25:44Z
2010
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Marine Biology Research, vol.6(6); 556-569
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3725
 
Language en
 
Rights The final and definitive form of the preprint has been published in the "Marine Biology Research" ? 2010 Taylor & Francis; "Marine Biology Research" is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/ with open URL of artilce : http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1745-1019&volume=6&spage=556
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis