First report of the order Mysida (Crustacea) in Antarctic marine ice caves, with description of a new species of Pseudomma and investigations on the taxonomy, morphology and life habits of Mysidetes species

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Wittmann,Karl J., Chevaldonné,Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021
• Subjects: Development; feeding; key to species; life cycle; marine caves; molecular systematics; polar biology; sensory organs; Antarctic; Dumont d’Urville; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.76412; https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/76412/

SCUBA diving explorations of three islands off Dumont d’Urville Station at the coast of Adélie Land, East Antarctica, enabled the observation of marine ice caves. Sampling in this unusual habitat yielded a total of three species of Mysidae, altogether previously poorly known or unknown to science. P...