''Bougisia'' is a genus of

plankton Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms found in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) that are unable to propel themselves against a Ocean current, current (or wind). The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankt ...

in the

sub-order Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

Hyperiidea The Hyperiidea are a suborder of amphipods, small aquatic crustaceans. Unlike the other suborders of Amphipoda, hyperiids are exclusively marine and do not occur in fresh water. Hyperiids are distinguished by their large eyes and planktonic habi ...

– a type of so-called "hyperid"

amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far desc ...

. The genus ''Bougisia'' is the only subordinate taxon in the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Bougisidae. The genus ''Bougisia'' is also monotypic, being represented by the single species, ''Bougisia ornata''. This species lives as

in tropical and sub-tropical

salt water Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish water, ...

. Hyperiidea species normally have a physique that differs from other types of amphipod.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the genus ''Bougisia'' is complicated, has been revised on a number of occasions, and different group affiliation is possible. Prior to 2004, the genera '' Iulopis'' and ''Bougisia'' were part of the family

Hyperiidae The Hyperiidae are a family of amphipods, containing these genera: *'' Euthemisto'' Bovallius, 1887 *'' Hyperia'' Latreille ''in'' Desmarest, 1823 *'' Hyperiella'' Bovallius, 1887 *'' Hyperoche'' Bovallius, 1887 *'' Laxohyperia'' M. Vinogradov & ...

, but Zeidler suggested creating two new families for the genera. The group's taxonomy was updated in 2013. A modern updating of the system is based on the 2013 revision with its basis in the ''WoRMS''-database.

References

Hyperiidea Animals described in 1966 Monotypic crustacean genera {{amphipod-stub