> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: Arthropoda
**Subphylum**:: [Crustacea](Crustacea.md)
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Malacostraca
**Subclass**:: Eumalacostraca
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Mysida
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Mysidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Leptomysis
**Species**:: L. mediterranea
**Vernacular**:: Mysid
## Photos
*[130 - 2023-05-18 - Aspo faro - Epidaurus - Greece](130%20-%202023-05-18%20-%20Aspo%20faro%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - These little shrimps with kind of globulous eyes. We slightly can see the Y ending of a [Bonellia viridis - Green spoon worm](Bonellia%20viridis%20-%20Green%20spoon%20worm.md) behind the shrimps, near the white mass, on the sand. [Spongia officinalis - Greek bathing sponge](Spongia%20officinalis%20-%20Greek%20bathing%20sponge.md) on the top.*
*[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - The picture is surexposed, but we can clearly see the mysid.*
## Notes
I often see this species in association with the [Anemonia viridis - Snakelocks anemone](Anemonia%20viridis%20-%20Snakelocks%20anemone.md), even when doing snorkelling.
During the summer, they can reach 500 individuals in the same group.
## References
- No pages on Wikipedia, neither FR nor EN, even for the leptomysis genus there's no page either. #to-contribute
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120056#distributions
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Leptomysis-sp.-Leptomysis-de-Mediterranee-4526
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p337
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysidae