Dioptromysis proxima Nouvel, 1964

Yolanda, Rofiza, Ambarwati, Reni, Rahayu, Dwi Anggorowati, Budijastuti, Widowati, Fitrihidajati, Herlina, Kuntjoro, Sunu, Rachmadiarti, Fida & Purnomo, Tarzan, 2023, An annotated checklist of the species of Lopogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea Peracarida) from Thailand and its adjacent waters, Zootaxa 5244 (3), pp. 201-232 : 210-211

Dioptromysis proxima Nouvel, 1964

Type locality. Madagascar ( Nouvel 1964)

Record from Thailand. South-eastern Andaman Sea, next to Phuket Island ( Fukuoka & Murano 2002).

Habitat and depth range. Marine, depth: 19–60 m ( Fukuoka & Murano 2002) .

Distribution. This species is distributed from Madagascar ( Nouvel 1964; Ledoyer 1970), and Tanzania ( Băcescu 1975) to the Andaman Sea ( Fukuoka & Murano 2002).

Remarks. The species D. proxima is similar to D. perspicillata , however, both of these species can be distinguished as follows; in D. proxima , (1) rostral plate lobulated, (2) telson cleft rounded, and (3) endopod of the fifth male pleopod with a narrow lobe with one plumose seta distal to the pseudo-branchial lobe, while in D. perspicillata , (1) rostral plate low, triangular, with obtuse apex, (2) telson cleft pointed, and (3) endopod of the fifth male pleopod without a narrow lobe distal to the pseudo-branchial lobe ( Brattegard 1969).