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Great Lakes Opossum Shrimp

Mysis diluviana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 1, February 1, March 2, April 3, May 6, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 1, December 1.
United States87
Canada56
Ontario26
Idaho14
Michigan14
British Columbia14
Wisconsin13
Alberta13
New York11
Minnesota5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderOpossum Shrimps · Mysida
FamilyMysidae
GenusMysis

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