| Hemimysis anomala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Mysida |
| Family: | Mysidae |
| Subfamily: | Mysinae |
| Genus: | Hemimysis |
| Species: | H. anomala
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemimysis anomala G. O. Sars, 1907
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The bloody-red mysid, Hemimysis anomala, is a shrimp-like crustacean in the Mysida order, native to the Ponto-Caspian region, which has been spreading across Europe since the 1950s.[1] In 2006, it was discovered to have invaded the North American Great Lakes.[2]
- ^ Rebekah M. Kipp; Anthony Ricciardi (April 17, 2007). "Hemimysis anomala Factsheet". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on May 22, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ "Great Lakes New Invader: Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 7, 2010.