Diversity of coastal mysids from Pulau Tinggi, Sultan Iskandar Marine Park, Malaysia

ABSTRACT A checklist of the order Mysida from Pulau Tinggi, Sultan Iskandar Marine Park, Johor, Malaysia is presented. With the aid of an epibenthic sledge, a total number of 9,239 mysids were collected during years 2012-2013 from two fixed stations of seagrass bed in Pulau Tinggi. So far there are 13 species, 10 genera, and 6 subfamilies of mysids. Of these, one species Siriella media Hansen, 1910 is recorded as new to Pulau Tinggi. The checklist presented herein includes the reference to each species’ original description, type locality, information on geographical distribution