The discussion of the taxonomic status of West Pacific mysid species Neomysis awatschensis (Brandt, 1851), N. intermedia (Czerniavsky, 1882) and N. nigra Nakazawa, 1910 has continued over the last century. Examination of a large taxonomic collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including syntypes of N. awatschensis and N. intermedia, revealed that N. intermedia is a junior synonym of N. awatschensis and N. nigra is a valid species, not a synonym of N. awatschensis. N. nigra was first recorded in Russian waters in the Possyet Bay (Sea of Japan). |