Definition of Mysidae

1. Noun. Small shrimp-like crustaceans.

Exact synonyms: Family Mysidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Mysidacea, Order Mysidacea
Member holonyms: Genus Mysis, Mysis, Genus Praunus, Praunus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mysidae

Myroxylon balsamum pereirae
Myroxylon pereirae
Myroxylon toluiferum
Myrrhis
Myrrhis odorata
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine
Myrtaceae
Myrtales
Myrtillocactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtle
Myrtus
Myrtus communis
Mysidacea
Mysidae (current term)
Mysis
Mysoline
Mysore
Mysore thorn
Mystic Jewel
Mysticeti
Mytilene
Mytilidae
Mytilini
Mytilus
Mytilus edulis
Myvyrian
Myxine
Myxine glutinosa

Literary usage of Mysidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"The Mysidae, ike ... seems to be in complete agreement with that in the Mysidae. SARS, at least, has figured an ... The development of the Mysidae and the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... Amphipods (Cumacea and Mysidae,), but they arc forms which cither tolerate variations in salinity or are especially characteristic of brackish waters. ..."

3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"... the Prawns, the Shrimps, and the Mysidae, ... In the Mysidae the branchiae are rudimentary or absent, ..."

4. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"Similar hairs in the Mysidae are connected with the caudal otoliths. The principal flagellum of the upper antennae is frequently furnished with a number of ..."

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