Mysid Shrimps of the genus Gastrosaccus,
are found in coastal waters from the Western Atlantic across the Indian Ocean
to the East Pacific. They are small in size, typically less than 10 mm, but are
harvested for human consumption in many places.
In a paper published in the journal ZooKeys on 1 September 2014, Yukio
Hanamura of the Japanese National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Rose
Mantiri of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science at the University of Sam Ratulangi and Susumu Ohtsuka of the Takehara Marine Science Station at Hiroshima University describe a new species of Gastrosaccus from
Lombok Island in Indonesia.
The new species is named Gastrosaccus lombokiensis,
meaning ‘from Lombok’. It is described from twelve male, three female and three
juvenile specimens collected by push net from Padak Guar Beach on the northeast
coast of Lombok in June 2010. The adult specimens range from 4.0 to 7.5 mm in
length.
Gastrosaccus lombokiensis, male specimen in lateral view. Hanamura et al. (2014).
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