Holmesiella anomala

Taxon-Order: 
Mysidacea

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Distribution: 
Alaska to southern California.
Size: 
15 - 35 mm
Diet: 
Omnivorous.
Useful Facts or Characters: 

Eyes well developed, rostrum present, and end of telson with 2 pairs of spines, outer spines longer.  4th pleopod of male endopod longer than exopod, with one long terminal spine and a spinule.

References: 

Daly, K.L., and Holmquist, C. (1986) A key to the Mysidacea of the Pacific-Northwest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64: 1201-1210.

Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman, and J.D. Fulton (1986) Identification manual to the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 93: 1-411.