Bermudamysis

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Bermudamysis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Genus: Bermudamysis
Băcescu & Iliffe, 1986 [2]
Species:
B. speluncola
Binomial name
Bermudamysis speluncola
Băcescu & Iliffe, 1986

Bermudamysis speluncola is a species of crustacean in the family Mysidae, endemic to Bermuda, [1] and the only species in the genus Bermudamysis. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Bermudamysis speluncola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T2766A9478950. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2766A9478950.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Bermudamysis Bacescu and Iliffe, 1986". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. Thomas M. Iliffe (1992). "Anchialine cave biology". In Ana Isabel Camacho (ed.). The atural History of Biospeleology. Monografías del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Vol. 7. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. pp. 613–636. ISBN   978-84-00-07280-3.