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Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean

Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean.jpg Bear with two cubsThumbnailsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)Bear with two cubsThumbnailsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)Bear with two cubsThumbnailsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)Bear with two cubsThumbnailsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)Bear with two cubsThumbnailsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)

Perhaps the best known form with a similar range is the Schizopod crustacean Mysis relicta, which is clearly a descendant of the Arctic marine Mysis oculata, of which it was formerly considered a mere variety.