Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873

Price, Wayne & Heard, Richard W., 2011, Two new species of Heteromysis (Olivemysis) (Mysida, Mysidae, Heteromysinae) from the tropical northwest Atlantic with diagnostics on the subgenus Olivemysis Băcescu, 1968, Zootaxa 2823, pp. 32-46 : 44

Genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873

Subgenus Olivemysis B ǎ cescu, 1968

Type species. Heteromysis rubrocincta Bäcescu, 1968 ; “Grigore Antipa”, National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania; no. 49073.

Additonal species: H. abrucei Bäcescu, 1979 ; H. actiniae Clarke, 1955 ; n. comb.; H. agelas Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. beetoni Modlin, 1984 , n. comb.; H. bermudensis G. O. Sars, 1885 ; H. coralina Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. dardani Wittmann, 2008 ; H. ebanksae Price & Heard, 2008 ; H. essingtonensis Murano, 1988 ; H. floridensis Brattegard, 1969 , n. comb.; H. gomezi Bäcescu, 1970 ; H. guitarti Bäcescu, 1968 ; H. kensleyi Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. kushimotensis Murano & Fukuoka, 2003 , n. comb; H. macrophthalma Bäcescu, 1983 ; H. mariani Bäcescu, 1970 ; H. maxima Murano, 1998 ; H. mayana Brattegard, 1970 ; H. mclellandi , n. sp.; H. meenakshiae Bamber, 2000 ; H. modlini , n. sp.; H. quadrispinosa Murano, 1988 ; H. sexspinosa Murano, 1988 ; H. siciliseta Brattegard, 1970 , n. comb.; H. tenuispina Murano, 1988 ; H. tuberculospina Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. wirtzi Wittmann, 2008 ; H. xanthops Ii, 1964 , n. comb.; H. zeylandica W. M. Tattersall, 1922 .

New diagnosis. Antenna 1, article 3 distomedial margin with medial subapically flagellated seta directed anteriorly and lateral, long, simple seta directed laterally. Thoracic endopod 3 moderately robust, some of the distal articles enlarged. Pleopod 4 of male modified. Uropodal endopod shorter than exopod.

Remarks. Prior to this report, 18 of the 80 nominal species of Heteromysis were assigned to Olivemysis . Based on review of the species lacking subgeneric designations that are presently included in the genus, we here formally add 10 species to the subgenus Olivemysis : H. actiniae Clarke, 1955 ; n. comb.; H. agelas Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. beetoni Modlin, 1984 , n. comb.; H. coralina Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. floridensis Brattegard, 1969 , n. comb.; H. kensleyi Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. kushimotensis Murano & Fukuoka, 2003 , n. comb; H. siciliseta Brattegard, 1970 , n. comb.; H. tuberculospina Modlin, 1987 , n. comb.; H. xanthops Ii, 1964 , n. comb,.