WoRMS taxon details
original description
Wittmann, K. J. (2024). The Mysidae (Crustacea, Mysida) of the ANDEEP I–III expeditions to the Antarctic deep sea with the description of twelve new species, establishment of four new genera and with world-wide keys to the species of Erythropinae and Mysidellinae. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 940: 1-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.940.2577 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology The genus name is a noun with feminine ending, formed by fusion of the Classic Greek ‘δεσμός’
(‘ribbon’) with the morphological term ‘cornea’ referring to the cornea of the lateral eye lobe forming a
self-contained ribbon [details]
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