Rob & Sue Peatling
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Idiomysis sp.02 Bacescu, 1973
Idiomysis is a genus of minuscule crustaceans and they belong to an order called Mysida. The common name for the order is Opossum Shrimp because the females keep their eggs in a brood pouch called a marsupium (which comes from the Greek for “bag” or “pouch”). This sets the order apart from other crustaceans, whose larvae are free-swimming.
Idiomysis is a genus of minuscule crustaceans and they belong to an order called Mysida. The common name for the order is Opossum Shrimp because the females keep their eggs in a brood pouch called a marsupium (which comes from the Greek for “bag” or “pouch”). This sets the order apart from other crustaceans, whose larvae are free-swimming.
