Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID4240
GroupCrustaceans-Mysids
GenusMysis
Speciesdiluviana
Common Nameopossum shrimp
StateID
CountyBonner/Kootenai
LocalityPend Oreille Lake drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC8
HUC8 NamePend Oreille Lake
HUC8 Number17010214
Map
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Collection Year1966
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for forage
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1366
Author:Rieman, B.E., and C.M. Falter
Date:1981
Title:Effects of the establishment of Mysis relicta on the macrozooplankton of a large lake.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:110
Issue:5
Pages:613-620
Comments50-300,000 stocked each year from 1966-1970 from Waterton Lake, Alberta and Kootenay Lake, BC. Population established by 1972
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked50-300 K


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