Opossum Shrimp, formally the order Mysida, are small shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida. Their common name comes from the brood pouch, or marsupium, in which females rear their young rather than releasing free-swimming larvae; a mysid's head bears a pair of stalked eyes and two pairs of antennae, its thorax has eight segments each with branching limbs concealed beneath a protective carapace, and its abdomen has six segments with further small limbs.
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Classification
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Mysida
In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Opossum Shrimp (Mysida)
Additional Source Great Lakes (Wikipedia)Article text
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1. Mysida (Wikipedia)
Lead, living organism
Mysids are found throughout the world in both shallow and deep marine waters where they can be benthic or pelagic, but they are also important in some fresh water and brackish ecosystems.
Diet and feeding
Mysids are filter feeders, omnivores that feed on algae, detritus and zooplankton.
Habitat and distribution
Mysids are found throughout the world in both shallow and deep marine waters where they can be benthic or pelagic, but they are also important in some fresh water and brackish ecosystems.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Mysida
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"canonicalName": "Mysida"
Great Lakes (Wikipedia)
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These include the delicate opossum shrimp (order Mysida), the deepwater scud (a crustacean of the order Amphipoda), two types of copepods, and the deepwater sculpin (a spiny, large-headed fish).
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