Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Mysida > Family Mysidae > Subfamily Mysinae > Tribe Paramysini

Praunus Leach, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macromysis*	White, 1847	synonym

Children

Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776)
Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843)
Praunus neglectus (G.O. Sars, 1869)

Literature

original description	Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Brattegard, T. (2001). Mysidacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 293-295.
additional source	Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea.
additional source	Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Praunus Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119898