Gnathophausia ingens


Gnathophausia ingens, the giant red mysid, is a species of lophogastrid crustacean with a pantropical distribution. The adults may reach long, including the rostrum. Females may brood their young for up to 530 days. Brooding females live between in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California. They do not feed during this time. When they feed, they prey on smaller crustaceans.