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The name relicta refers to the fact that this species has a distribution which is restricted to areas of past marine inundation.
Crustacea 2008
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The name relicta refers to the fact that this species has a distribution which is restricted to areas of past marine inundation.
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For example, opossum shrimps (Mysis relicta) were introduced into dammed lakes in the mountains of Sweden and Norway by electric companies to enhance prey for burbot (Lota lota) and brown trout (Salmo trutta).
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The Samango monkey, tree civet, sun squirrel and East African little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris relicta) are species that illustrate the affinity of the forests of this ecoregion with those of the East African Coast.
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Amphipods are an extremely important food source for numerous species of fishes, as well as for the opossum shrimp Mysis relicta.
Crustacea 2008
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The opossum shrimp Mysis relicta is a 'relic species' to the area.
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Mysis relicta is the most important and most abundant member of this order in North American freshwater systems, though it is seldom seen by humans except in the stomachs of fish!
Crustacea 2008
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In 1970, before the introduction of Mysis relicta, 40,000 kokanee salmon spawned in Lake Tahoe.
Crustacea 2008
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Mysis relicta occurs naturally in deep lakes in the glaciated regions of North America and Europe.
Crustacea 2008
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Ne se subducant, et relicta statione decessum parent, ut curiositatis finem faciant.
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