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), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Antarctic; Dumont d’Urville; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03508004; https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03508004/document; https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03508004/file/2021-Wittmann-MysiDDU-Zookeys.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.76412

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...