Siriella

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Siriella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Mysida
Family: Mysidae
Tribe: Siriellini
Genus: Siriella
Dana, 1850[1]
Type species
None designated.[2]
Synonyms[3][4][5][2]
  • Cynthia Thompson, 1829
  • Cynthilia White, 1850
  • Heterosiriella Czerniavsky, 1882
  • Promysis Krøyer, 1861
  • Protosiriella Czerniavsky, 1882
  • Pseudosiriella Claus, 1884
  • Rhinomysis Czerniavsky, 1882
  • Siriellerythrops Ledoyer, 1970
  • Siriellides Czerniavsky, 1882

Siriella is a genus of mysid crustaceans form the family Mysidae, consisting of approximately 90 species.[3] Found in all seas except cold Arctic and Antarctic waters, the genus is most diverse in tropics.

One of the largest and most difficult mysid genera, Siriella is divided into a number of species groups.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dana, J. D. (1850). "Synopsis Generum Crustaceorum Ordinis Schizopoda". The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second series. 9 (25): 130.
  2. ^ a b Lowry, James K.; Stoddart, Helen E. (2003). "Mysidae: Siriellinae". Crustacea: Malacostraca. Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Collingwood: CSIRO. pp. 464–465. ISBN 978-0-643-06902-2.
  3. ^ a b Mees, J.; Meland, K. (2012). "Siriella Dana, 1850". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. ^ Jocque, M.; Blom, W. (2009). "Mysidae (Mysida) of New Zealand; a checklist, identification key to species and an overview of material in New Zealand collections" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2304: 3, 12–13 – via ResearchGate. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)
  5. ^ a b Murano, Masaaki; Fukuoka, Kouki (2008). A Systematic Study of the Genus Siriella (Crustacea: Mysida) from the Pacific and the Indian Oceans, with Descriptions of Fifteen New Species. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs. Tokyo: National Museum of Nature and Science. ISBN 978-4-87803-021-5. ISSN 1881-9109.