Gnathophausia ingens

Gnathophausia ingens, the giant red mysid, is a species of lophogastrid crustacean with a pantropical distribution. The adults may reach 35 cm long, including the rostrum. Females may brood their young for up to 530 days. Brooding females live between 900 and(-) in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California. They do not feed during this time. When they feed, they prey on smaller crustaceans.