Americamysis

Americamysis is a genus of mysid shrimps in the family Mysidae. The sensitivity of these shrimps to water quality makes them suitable for bioassays. Americamysis bahia and Americamysis almyra, which are used frequently to test for pesticides and other toxic substances, are often referred to as Mysidopsis bahia and Mysidopsis almyra in the literature.

Americamysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Mysida
Family:
Mysidae
Genus:
Americamysis

G.O. Sars, 1864[1]
Species
See text

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

  • Americamysis alleni Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994
  • Americamysis almyra (Bowman, 1964)
  • Americamysis bahia (Molenock, 1969)
  • Americamysis bigelowi (W. Tattersall, 1926)
  • Americamysis stucki Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994
  • Americamysis taironana (Brattegard, 1973)
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References
  1. WoRMS (2013). "Americamysis Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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