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 | |
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| Adult G. zoea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Lophogastrida |
| Family: | Gnathophausiidae |
| Genus: | Gnathophausia |
| Species: | G. zoea
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathophausia zoea Willemoes-Suhm, 1875 [1]
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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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)[1].
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
External links edit
Data related to Gnathophausia zoea at Wikispecies
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