Heteromysis odontops
Distribution:
Puget Sound, Washington to Panama.
Habitat:
Common in kelp holdfasts.
Size:
? - 11 mm
Diet:
Omnivorous.
Predators:
Kelp bass.
Useful Facts or Characters:
Body is slender and rostrum is subacute. Eye with a toothlike process on the stalk. Telson is cleft.
Natural History:
Can be common in kelp holdfasts off La Jolla, California.
References:
Clarke, W.D. (1971) Mysids of the southern kelp region. P. 369-380 in: The Biology of Giant Kelp Beds (Macrocystis) in California. North, W.J. (ed), , Beihefte, Nova Hedwigia 32.
Tattersall, W.M. (1951) A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 201: 1-292.