Key:  Order Mysida

Phylum Arthropoda
  Subphylum Crustacea
    Class Malacostraca
      Subclass Eumalacostraca
        Superorder Peracarida
 

Taken primarily from  Kozloff, 1987, 1996 p. 320  (Copyright 1987, 1996, University of Washington Press.  Used in this web page by permission of University of Washington Press)
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1a  Telson cleft 2
1b Telson not cleft 6
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3a
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4a
4b
5a
5b
6a Carapace and abdomen with numerous long spines; cornea of each eye divided into 2 distinct portions; body somewhat expanded laterally Caesaromysis hispida
6b Carapace and abdomen without numerous long spines; cornea of eye not divided into 2 portions; body not expanded laterally 7
7a Scale of antenna 2 terminating in a stout tooth or spine, and the outer margin of the scale not setose 8
7b Scale of antenna 2 without a terminal tooth or spine, and both margins of the scale setose 11
8a
8b
9a
9b
10a
10b
11a Scale of antenna 2 with a pointed apex 12
11b Scale of antenna 2 with a rounded apex 14
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13a
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14a Posterior margin of the last abdominal segment with an acute mid-dorsal projection; telson with 4 stout spines at its apex 15
14b Posterior margin of the last abdominal segment almost straight, without a mid-dorsal projection; telson either with 2 stout spines at its apex or without such spines 19
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15b
16a
16b
17a
17b
18a
18b
19a Abdominal segments with transverse dorsal folds, segment 6 always with 3 pairs; lateral margins of the telson with several small spines between the larger spines; apex of telson with 4 spines (2 large, 2 small) 20
19b Abdominal segments smooth, without transverse dorsal folds; telson armature variable 21
20a
20b
21a Carapace with anterolateral corners rounded 22
21b Carapace with anterolateral corners projecting and acute or nearly acute 23
22a Spines along the lateral margins of the telson arranged in such a way that each 2 larger spines are separated by several smaller spines Pacificanthomysis nephrophthalma
22b Spines along the lateral margins of the telson of nearly uniform size Stilomysis grandis
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24a
24b
25a
25b
26a
26b
27a
27b



Taxonomic Levels Represented in This Key:

  Stilomysis grandis



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