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Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean

Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean.jpg Central Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)ThumbnailsBear with two cubsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)ThumbnailsBear with two cubsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)ThumbnailsBear with two cubsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)ThumbnailsBear with two cubsCentral Asiatic Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)ThumbnailsBear with two cubs

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.