Specimen Information

Mysis diluviana
Mysis diluviana
(opossum shrimp)
Crustaceans-Mysids
Native Transplant

Specimen ID274080
GroupCrustaceans-Mysids
GenusMysis
Speciesdiluviana
Common Nameopossum shrimp
StateMT
CountyFlathead
LocalityFlathead Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameFlathead Lake
HUC8 Number17010208
HUC10 NameFlathead Lake
HUC10 Number1701020805
HUC12 NameFlathead Lake
HUC12 Number170102080501
Map
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Collection Day21
Collection Month1
Collection Year2011
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaydispersed
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:19608
Author:Bosworth, B.
Date:2011
Title:How non-native shrimp transformed the ecosystem at Montana's Flathead Lake.
Publisher:New West Travel and Outdoors.
Volume:1
Issue:21
CommentsThese shrimp were stocked into lakes upstream from Flathead Lake in the 60s and 70s
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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