Neomysis
Introduction '''''Neomysis''''' (from the Greek affix ''neo-'', "new", and the genus name ''Mysis'') is a genus of opossum shrimp (mysid crustacean) from the family Mysidae, distributed in the coastal zone of temperate seas of the Northern Hemisphere and South America. Several species, particularly from the West Pacific, are also found in fresh and brackish waters. The genus contains the following 18 species:*''Neomysis americana'' (S. I. Smith, 1873)*''Neomysis awatschensis'' (Brandt, 1851)*''Neomysis czerniawskii'' Derzhavin, 1913*''Neomysis ilyapai'' Holmquist, 1957*''Neomysis integer'' (Leach, 1814)*''Neomysis intermedia'' (Czerniavsky, 1882)*''Neomysis japonica'' Nakazawa, 1910*''Neomysis kadiakensis'' Ortmann, 1908*''Neomysis mercedis'' Holmes, 1896*''Neomysis meridionalis'' Colosi, 1924*''Neomysis mirabilis'' (Czerniavsky, 1882)*''Neomysis monticellii'' Colosi, 1924*''Neomysis nakazawai'' Ii, 1936*''Neomysis orientalis'' Ii, 1964*''Neomysis patagona'' Zimmer, 1907*''Neomysis rayii'' (Murdoch, 1885)*''Neomysis sopayi'' Holmquist, 1957*''Neomysis spinosa'' Nakazawa, 1910
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