''Paramysis intermedia'' is a species of shrimp in the family

Mysidae Mysidae is the largest family (biology), family of crustaceans in the order (biology), order Mysida, with over 1000 species in around 170 genera. Characteristics Members of the family Mysidae are distinguished from other mysids by the fact that ...

. Its natural distribution is Ponto-Caspian, but it is also

invasive species An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...

, e.g. on the

Baltic Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages * Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian *Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originati ...

coast of Estonia. It tolerates salinities between 0–12 ppt; it occurs in estuaries but does not penetrate very deep into rivers. ''Paramysis intermedia'' measures in length.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4515575 Mysida Crustaceans of Asia Crustaceans of Europe Fauna of the Baltic Sea Fauna of the Black Sea Fauna of the Caspian Sea Crustaceans described in 1882