Franca Wermuth, Schweiz
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Idiomysis japonica Murano, 1978
Idiomysis shrimps are only a few millimetres long, their immobile cephalothorax is knobbly, but their abdomen is clearly visible curled backwards, giving the small shrimp a cute appearance.Compared to other mysid species, Idiomysis has short antennae, relatively large eyes and occurs in larger groups.
These small floating shrimps play an important role in the food chain for all marine animals that are not yet able to overcome or eat conventionally large mysid shrimps.
Idiomysis shrimps are only a few millimetres long, their immobile cephalothorax is knobbly, but their abdomen is clearly visible curled backwards, giving the small shrimp a cute appearance.Compared to other mysid species, Idiomysis has short antennae, relatively large eyes and occurs in larger groups.
These small floating shrimps play an important role in the food chain for all marine animals that are not yet able to overcome or eat conventionally large mysid shrimps.
