Heteromysis odontops

Taxon-Order: 

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Distribution: 
Puget Sound, Washington to Panama.
Habitat: 
Common in kelp holdfasts.
Size: 
? - 11 mm
Diet: 
Omnivorous.
Predators: 
Kelp bass.
Useful Facts or Characters: 

Body is slender and rostrum is subacute.  Eye with a toothlike process on the stalk.  Telson is cleft.

Natural History: 

Can be common in kelp holdfasts off La Jolla, California.

References: 

Clarke, W.D. (1971) Mysids of the southern kelp region. P. 369-380 in: The Biology of Giant Kelp Beds (Macrocystis) in California.  North, W.J. (ed), , Beihefte, Nova Hedwigia 32.

Tattersall, W.M. (1951) A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 201: 1-292.