Holmesiella anomala
Distribution:
Alaska to southern California.
Size:
15 - 35 mm
Diet:
Omnivorous.
Useful Facts or Characters:
Eyes well developed, rostrum present, and end of telson with 2 pairs of spines, outer spines longer. 4th pleopod of male endopod longer than exopod, with one long terminal spine and a spinule.
References:
Daly, K.L., and Holmquist, C. (1986) A key to the Mysidacea of the Pacific-Northwest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64: 1201-1210.
Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman, and J.D. Fulton (1986) Identification manual to the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 93: 1-411.