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Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) 
AphiaID: 120177

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Mysida (Order) > Mysidae (Family) > Mysinae (Subfamily) > Praunus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Praunus Leach, 1814
Synonymised
taxa
  Astacus harengum Fabricius, 1787
Cancer astacus multipes Montagu, 1808
Cancer flexuosus Müller, 1788
Macromysis brevispinosus (Synonym)
Macromysis flexuosa (Müller, 1788)
Macromysis inermis (Rathke, 1843)
Macromysis longispinosa White, 1847
Mysis chamaeleon J.V. Thompson, 1828
Mysis flexuosa Müller, 1776 (Synonym)
Mysis leachii Thompson, 1828
Mysis spinulosa Krøyer, 1837
Mysis spinulosus Leach, 1813 (Synonym)
Synmysis benedeni Czerniavsky, 1882
Synmysis chamaeleon Czerniavsky, 1882
Synmysis flexuosa Czerniavsky, 1882
Synmysis mecznikoi Czerniavsky, 1882
Synmysis normani Czerniavsky, 1882
Synmysis spinulosa Czerniavsky, 1882
Themisto brevispinosa Goodsir, 1842
Sources  original description: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [full text]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Brattegard, T. (2001). Mysidacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 293-295 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Tattersall, W.M. 1909. The Schizopoda collected by the Maia and Puritan in the Mediterranean.-- Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 19 (2): 117-143 (1 plate). [details]

additional source: Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Tattersall, W.M. 1951. A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum.-- Bulletin of the United States National Museum, no. 201: 1-292. [details]

additional source: World List of the Mysidacea - Created by Wooldridge, T. & Mees, J. [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Northcote, T.G. (1972): Kootenay Lake: man's effects on the salmonid community. - J. Fish. Res. Board Can., 29: 861-865 [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Norman, A.M. 1892 . On British Mysidae, a family of Crustacea Schizopoda. - Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., ser. 6, 10: 143-166, 242-263, 2pls (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Czerniavsky, V. (1882) Monographia Mysidarum inprimis Imperii Rossici. Fasc. 1, 2. Trudy St.-Petersburgsko Obsch. Est., 12: 1-170; 13: 1-85, 4pls [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Goodsir, H.D.S. (1842) On a new genus and six new species of Crustacea with observations on the development of the egg and on the metamorphosis of Caligus, Carcinus, and Pagurus. - Edinburgh NewPhil. J., 33: 174-192,1pl
page(s): 177 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): White, A., 1847a. List of the specimens of Crustacea in the collection of the British Museum: i-viii, 1-143. British Museum, London.
page(s): 384 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Bell, T. 1853. A History of the British Stalk-Eyed Crustacea. John Van Voorst, London.
page(s): 336 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Nussbaum, J. (1887) L'embryologie de Mysis chameleo (Thompson). - Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén., ser. 2, vol. 5: 123-202, 8 pls. [anatomy, development, embryology
page(s): 123 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Van Beneden, P.-J. (1861). Recherches sur les Crustacés du littoral de Belgique. Mém. Acad. R. Sci. Lett. B.-Arts Belg., Collect. 4 XXXIII: 1-174, plates I-XXI (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Thompson, J.V. (1829). On the Luminosity of the Ocean, with descriptions of some remarkable species of Luminous Animals (Pyrosoma pigmaea and Sapphirina indicator) and particularly of the four new genera, Nocticula, Cynthia, Lucifer and Podopsis, of the Shizopodae, in: Thompson, J.V. (1828-1834). Zoological Researches, and illustrations; or, natural history of nondescript or imperfectly known animals, in a series of memoirs, illustrated by numerous figures. pp. 37-61, plates V-VIII (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 28 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Müller, O.F. (1778) Zoologiae Danicae seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum. Copenhagen, vol. 2: 1-56, 29 pls
page(s): 34 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Muller, H.G. (1993) . World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Krøyer, H.N. (1837) Optegnelser og Bemaerkninger til den Danske Fauna. - Naturhist. Tidsskr., Copenhagen, ser. 1, vol. 1: 404-415
page(s): 405 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Krøyer, H., 1861. Et bidrag til kundskab om Krebsdyrfamilien Mysidæ.— Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (3) 1: 1-75, Plates 1-2. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Sars, G.O. (1864). Beretning om en i Sommeren 1863 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Christiania Stift Nyt Mag. Naturv. 13: 225-260 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Nemys database (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch aasgarnaal  [details]
Dutch bochtige aasgarnaal  [details]
Dutch geknikte aasgarnaal  [details]
English chameleon shrimp  [details]
German gebogene Schwebegarnele  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål tangmysid  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk tangmysid  [details]
Polish lasonóg brzegowy  [details]
Environment marine, brackish
Distribution Aran Islands (Ireland) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Atlantic Europe [details]
Bab-El-Mandab (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Ballynakilla harbour (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Baltic sea [details]
Bantry Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Blacksod Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Blankenberge [details]
Boknafjorden (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bray-Dunes [details]
Bredene [details]
Channel Islands [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Cullercoats (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
De Haan [details]
De Panne [details]
Dublin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dunbeacon (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
East Coast of England [details]
East Scotland [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Firth of Forth (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Florö (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Gotland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Grevelingen [details]
Guernsey [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Hardangerfjord (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Helgoland [details]
Heligoland Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Sea [details]
Isle of Man (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kiel Bay [details]
Knokke [details]
Kristianiafjord (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Langesund (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Leirvik (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Merrion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Middelkerke [details]
North Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Northumberland Coast (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Oban (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
Plymouth (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Salcombe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Sas van Goes [details]
Scandinavia [details]
Scotland [details]
Shetlands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South England [details]
South Ireland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spitsbergen (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tarbert (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tjärnö [details]
Trondheim (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Vadso (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Voordelta [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Wales (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Central Atlantic [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
West England (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Ireland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Scotland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To NeMys
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Shrimp Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Depth range: tidal zones-5m [details]

Distribution: Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Habitat: often in pools, also brackish water, among algae or eelgrass (Zostera) [details]

Remark: eurythermic and euryhaline; swims often near the bottom in a vertical position; with the head upwards [details]
Images 
Kruien Westhoek
Kruien Westhoek
added on 2007-03-19 - author: Lodewijk Janssens ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mees, Jan on 2012-08-24 09:00:03

Aasgarnaal
Aasgarnaal
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel
qualitystatus: checked by Mees, Jan on 2012-08-24 12:14:47
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120177
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-11-24 08:02:51Z  changed  Mees, Jan
  
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  Citation: Mees, J. (2013). Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120177 on 2013-06-19
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