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Torleiv Brattegard (1980)

Platymysis facilis gen, et sp. Nov, (Crustacea: Mysidacea: Heteromysini) from the Saba Bank, Caribbean Sea

Sarsia, 65(1):49-52.

A new heteromysinid genus, Platymysis, is established lor P. facilis sp. nov. from coral reef sponges, corals, and sands at 16 to 44 m depth on Saba Bank west of S:. Eustatius and St. Christopher (Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles). The species is exceptional among mysids because of its dorso-ventrally compressed body

  • DOI: 10.1080/00364827.1980.10431471
  • ISSN: 0036-4827