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, CHEVALDONNÉ, PIERRE
• Other Authors: Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna, Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UMR237-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Avignon Université (AU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Dumont d’Urville; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.76412; https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03508004

International audience 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 o...