Gnathophausia ingens, the giant red mysid, is a species of lophogastrid crustacean with a pantropical distribution.[2] The adults may reach 35 cm (14 in) long, including the rostrum.[2] Females may brood their young for up to 530 days.[3] Brooding females live between 900 and 1,400 m (3,000–4,600 ft) in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California. They do not feed during this time.[4] When they feed, they prey on smaller crustaceans.[5]
Gnathophausia ingens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Lophogastrida |
Family: | Gnathophausiidae |
Genus: | Gnathophausia |
Species: | G. ingens
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophausia ingens | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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