Overview
Brief Summary
The Mysidacea are now generally treated as three separate groups, the Mysida, the Lophogastrida, and the (extinct) Pygocephalomorpha (Brusca and Brusca 2003).
- Brusca, R.C. and G.J. Brusca. 2003. Invertebrates, 2nd edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts.
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Ecology
Associations
Known predators
Mysidacea (large sized Euphausiacea, Mysidacea, Hyperiidea, Ostracoda) is prey of:
Engraulis encrasicolus
Sardina pilchardus
Clupeidae
Ciliata mustella
Mysidacea
Ostracoda
Euphausiacea
Hyperiidea
Cyclopoida
Calanoida
Chaetognatha
Polychaeta
Based on studies in:
Portugal (Estuarine)
Pacific (Marine, Tropical)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Engraulis encrasicolus
Sardina pilchardus
Clupeidae
Ciliata mustella
Mysidacea
Ostracoda
Euphausiacea
Hyperiidea
Cyclopoida
Calanoida
Chaetognatha
Polychaeta
Based on studies in:
Portugal (Estuarine)
Pacific (Marine, Tropical)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- L. Saldanha, Estudio Ambiental do Estuario do Tejo, Publ. no. 5(4) (CNA/Tejo, Lisbon, 1980).
- E. A. Shushkina and M. E. Vinogradov, Trophic relationships in communities and the functioning of marine ecosystems: II. Some results of investigations on the pelagic ecosystem in tropical regions of the ocean. In: Marine Production Mechanisms, M. J. Dun
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Known prey organisms
Mysidacea (large sized Euphausiacea, Mysidacea, Hyperiidea, Ostracoda) preys on:
phytoplankton
detritus
bacteria
protozoa
Mysidacea
Ostracoda
Euphausiacea
Hyperiidea
Based on studies in:
Portugal (Estuarine)
Pacific (Marine, Tropical)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
phytoplankton
detritus
bacteria
protozoa
Mysidacea
Ostracoda
Euphausiacea
Hyperiidea
Based on studies in:
Portugal (Estuarine)
Pacific (Marine, Tropical)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- L. Saldanha, Estudio Ambiental do Estuario do Tejo, Publ. no. 5(4) (CNA/Tejo, Lisbon, 1980).
- E. A. Shushkina and M. E. Vinogradov, Trophic relationships in communities and the functioning of marine ecosystems: II. Some results of investigations on the pelagic ecosystem in tropical regions of the ocean. In: Marine Production Mechanisms, M. J. Dun
© SPIRE project
Source:
SPIRE
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