Siriella

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Siriella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Tribe: Siriellini
Genus: Siriella
Dana, 1850 [1]
Type species
None designated. [2]
Synonyms [3] [4] [5] [2]
  • CynthiaThompson, 1829
  • CynthiliaWhite, 1850
  • HeterosiriellaCzerniavsky, 1882
  • PromysisKrøyer, 1861
  • ProtosiriellaCzerniavsky, 1882
  • PseudosiriellaClaus, 1884
  • RhinomysisCzerniavsky, 1882
  • SiriellerythropsLedoyer, 1970
  • SiriellidesCzerniavsky, 1882

Siriella is a genus of mysid crustaceans form the family Mysidae, consisting of approximately 90 species. [3] Found in all seas except cold Arctic and Antarctic waters, the genus is most diverse in tropics.

One of the largest and most difficult mysid genera, Siriella is divided into a number of species groups. [5]

References

  1. Dana, J. D. (1850). "Synopsis Generum Crustaceorum Ordinis Schizopoda". The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second series. 9 (25): 130.
  2. 1 2 Lowry, James K.; Stoddart, Helen E. (2003). "Mysidae: Siriellinae". Crustacea: Malacostraca. Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Collingwood: CSIRO. pp. 464–465. ISBN   978-0-643-06902-2.
  3. 1 2 Mees, J.; Meland, K. (2012). "Siriella Dana, 1850". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. Jocque, M.; Blom, W. (2009). "Mysidae (Mysida) of New Zealand; a checklist, identification key to species and an overview of material in New Zealand collections" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2304: 3, 12–13. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2304.1.1 via ResearchGate.{{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)
  5. 1 2 Murano, Masaaki; Fukuoka, Kouki (2008). A Systematic Study of the Genus Siriella (Crustacea: Mysida) from the Pacific and the Indian Oceans, with Descriptions of Fifteen New Species. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs. Tokyo: National Museum of Nature and Science. ISBN   978-4-87803-021-5. ISSN   1881-9109.