New records of cave-dwelling mysids from the Bahamas and Mexico with description of Palaumysis bahamensis n. sp. (Crustacea: Mysidacea)

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pesce, Giuseppe L., Iliffe, Thomas M. (2002): New records of cave-dwelling mysids from the Bahamas and Mexico with description of Palaumysis bahamensis n. sp. (Crustacea: Mysidacea). Journal of Natural History 36 (3): 265-278, DOI: 10.1080/00222930010005033, URL: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930010005033 New localities in the Bahamas and Mexico are reported for six species of stygobitic and stygophilic mysids from the genera Spelaeomysis, Stygiomysis, Antromysis and Heteromysis.

In addition, a new species, Palaumysis bahamensis, is described from a marine cave in the Bahamas. This genus had previously contained only a single species from anchialine caves in Palau, Indo-West Paci fi c. The biogeography and evolutionary origins of stygobitic mysids are discussed.