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Scientific Name: Belzebub faxoni (Borradaile, 1915)

Synonym: Lucifer faxoni (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Not Known - Not Known - Belzebub faxoni - Type: Zooplankton

Photo: Rafael de la Parra(GBIF)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Luciferidae
Description:
Adult mysids typically vary in length, ranging from 4.4 mm to 9.4 mm. These creatures are commonly transparent, although they may exhibit a slight yellow, brown, or black tint. In terms of sexual dimorphism, females typically outsize males, and sex differentiation can be reliably determined once the body length reaches 4 mm.
Environment:
Marine
References:

Al MA, Akhtar A, Rahman MF, AftabUddin S, Modeo L (2020) Temporal distribution of zooplankton communities in coastal waters of the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 34, 100993.

Sadia N, Ahmed MK, Khondkar MM, Rani S, Alam MJ, Al Karim A, Khan MI (2021) Horizontal and Vertical Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton around the Swatch-of-No-Ground of Northern Bay of Bengal. The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 10(2), 1-8.

Abdullah Al M, Alam MD, Akhtar A, Xu H, Islam MS, Mustafa Kamal AH, Alam MW (2018) Annual pattern of zooplankton communities and their environmental response in a subtropical maritime channel system in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37, 65-73.

GBIF.org (25 October 2023) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.m38gn2

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