Deep-Sea taxon details
Muscamysis Kou, Meland & Li, 2024
1770620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1770620)
accepted
Genus
marine
feminine
Kou, Q.; Meland, K.; Li, X. (2024). Description of a new genus and species of deep‐sea mysids (Malacostraca, Peracarida, Mysida) from the Caroline Ridge, Northwest Pacific, with a systematic analysis of the order. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12693 [details] Available for editors 
Etymology From the Latin ‘Musca’, meaning fly (insects of the order Diptera), combined with the generic name Mysis, indicating...
Etymology From the Latin ‘Musca’, meaning fly (insects of the order Diptera), combined with the generic name Mysis, indicating the extraordinarily enlarged, globular cornea of the new genus, which is strongly reminiscent of the large compound eyes of flies. [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Muscamysis Kou, Meland & Li, 2024. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770620 on 2026-05-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Muscamysis Kou, Meland & Li, 2024. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770620 on 2026-05-03
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Kou, Q.; Meland, K.; Li, X. (2024). Description of a new genus and species of deep‐sea mysids (Malacostraca, Peracarida, Mysida) from the Caroline Ridge, Northwest Pacific, with a systematic analysis of the order. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12693 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Etymology From the Latin ‘Musca’, meaning fly (insects of the order Diptera), combined with the generic name Mysis, indicating the extraordinarily enlarged, globular cornea of the new genus, which is strongly reminiscent of the large compound eyes of flies. [details]
From editor or global species database
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