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  Genus Mysis

Species M. relicta

Taxon Information

The Species M. relicta has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Mysis oculata relicta, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Mysis relicta, "reported from the lakes of the Great Lakes system and the Finger Lakes of New York, and thence northward to bodies of fresh and brackish water lying near the Arctic Ocean. It is also known from northern Europe" (Chace et al., 1959).

Bibliography

• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Chace, F.A., jr., J.G. Mackin, L. Hubricht, A.H. Banner & H.H. Hobbs, jr. 1959. Malacostraca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 869-901.

Web Pages

• Zooplankton of the Great Lakes