| Neomysis integer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Mysida |
| Family: | Mysidae |
| Genus: | Neomysis |
| Species: | N. integer |
| Binomial name | |
| Neomysis integer (Leach, 1815) [1] |
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Neomysis integer is a species of opossum shrimp found in shallow marine bays of Europe, with a transparent greenish or brown body and a large cephalothorax.[2] These opossum shrimp are frequently found in large numbersand filter small food particles out of the water, occasionally consumimg larger prey. Opossum shrimps are themselves often consumed by fishes.[2] The females have a brood pouch in which eggs and larvae develop.[2]