Gnathophausia zoea

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]

Gnathophausia zoea
Adult G. zoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Lophogastrida
Family:
Gnathophausiidae
Genus:
Gnathophausia
Species:
G. zoea
Binomial name
Gnathophausia zoea
Synonyms [2]
  • Gnathophausia willemoesi G. O. Sars 1885
  • Gnathophausia sarsi Wood-Mason, 1891
  • Gnathophausia cristata Illig, 1906


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).

References
  1. Jan Mees (2012). Mees J, Meland K (eds.). "Gnathophausia zoea". World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  2. Linda Haithcock Pequegnat (1965). "The bathypelagic mysid Gnathophausia (Crustacea) and its distribution in the Eastern Pacific Ocean". Pacific Science. 19 (4): 399–421. hdl:10125/7299.


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