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Praunus
Sign in to savePraunus is a genus of mysid shrimp, comprising three species: Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) Praunus neglectus (G. O. Sars, 1869) When originally named in 1814 by William Elford Leach, the genus contained P. flexuosus (the type species), and a second species, "P. integer", which is now known as Neomysis integer.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderMysida
- FamilyMysidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Mysidae
- Collections
- MZLU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Sweden, Ireland
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Praunus is a genus of mysid shrimp, comprising three species: Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) Praunus neglectus (G. O. Sars, 1869) When originally named in 1814 by William Elford Leach, the genus contained P. flexuosus (the type species), and a second species, "P. integer", which is now known as Neomysis integer.
==References==
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