Mysids (Crustacea) from the Exclusive Economic Zone of India with description of a new species

Abstract

Mysid crustaceans, representing 27 species belonging to 21 genera, are reported from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of India; one of these species, Pseuderythrops abrahami sp. nov., is described as new. The new species is easily distinguished from all the known species of the genus Pseuderythrops by the irregularly lobed cornea of the eye, narrow upturned rim of the anterior region of carapace and the absence of distal suture on the antennal scale. Three species, Boreomysis plebeja, Anchialina media and Synerythrops intermedia, are new records for Indian waters. Rhopalophthalmus indicus and Euchaetomera glyphidophthalmica are recorded for the first time from the Bay of Bengal. The morphological differences shown by the present specimens from the published descriptions are discussed and a note on the distribution of each species is given.

Keywords:

• Crustacea
• Indian EEZ
• mysids
• new species
• taxonomy

Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the Director, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa and to the Scientist-in-Charge NIO, RC, Kochi for the encouragement and facilities provided. We are also thankful to Dr N.V. Madhu and Mr K.R. Muraleedharan, Scientists, NIO, RC Cochin for valuable help and suggestions. This study was supported by the Centre for Marine Living Resource & Ecology, Kochi, and the authors that Dr V.N. Sanjeevan, Director, CMLRE. The first author gratefully acknowledges the CSIR India for the award of Research Associateship. This is NIO Contribution No. 4829.

Notes

Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark