Gnathophausia ingens

Gnathophausia ingens, the giant red mysid, is a species of lophogastrid crustacean with a pantropical distribution.[2] The adults may reach 35 cm (14 in) long, including the rostrum.[2] Females may brood their young for up to 530 days.[3] Brooding females live between 900 and 1,400 m (3,000–4,600 ft) in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California. They do not feed during this time.[4] When they feed, they prey on smaller crustaceans.[5]

Gnathophausia ingens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Lophogastrida
Family: Gnathophausiidae
Genus: Gnathophausia
Species:
G. ingens
Binomial name
Gnathophausia ingens
(Dohrn, 1870) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Neognathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870)

References
  1. Kenneth Meland & Jan Mees (2012). Mees J, Meland K (eds.). "Gnathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870)". World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 1, 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.
  3. J. J. Childress & M. H. Price (1978). "Growth rate of the bathypelagic crustacean Gnathophausia ingens (Mysidacea: Lophogastridae). I. Dimensional growth and population structure". Marine Biology. 50 (1): 47–62. doi:10.1007/BF00390541.
  4. J. J. Childress & M. H. Price (1983). "Growth rate of the bathypelagic crustacean Gnathophausia ingens (Mysidacea: Lophogastridae) II. Accumulation of material and energy". Marine Biology. 76 (2): 165–177. doi:10.1007/BF00392733.
  5. "Giant red mysid". Monterey Bay Aquarium. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.


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