WoRMS name details

Rhopalophthalmus africana O. Tattersall, 1957

226204  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:226204)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Mysida (Order)
  10. Mysidae (Family)
  11. Rhopalophthalminae (Subfamily)
  12. Rhopalophthalmus (Genus)
  13. Rhopalophthalmus africana (Species)
 unaccepted (mismatch gender genus and species)
Species
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Tattersall, O.S. (1957). Report on a small collection of Mysidacea from the Sierra Leone estuary together with a survey of the genus Rhopalophthalmus Illig and a description ofa new species of Tenagomysis from Lagos, Nigeria. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society London.</em> 129: 81-128. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  BMNH 1957.3.28 1-8, geounit Sierra Leone River  
Holotype BMNH 1957.3.28 1-8, geounit Sierra Leone River [details]
Depth range littoral (0-10m)  
Depth range littoral (0-10m) [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Rhopalophthalmus africana O. Tattersall, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226204 on 2024-04-19
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2006-05-10 15:31:07Z
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db_admin
2009-11-20 08:17:13Z
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Mees, Jan
2012-12-03 07:41:48Z
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Mees, Jan

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original description Tattersall, O.S. (1957). Report on a small collection of Mysidacea from the Sierra Leone estuary together with a survey of the genus Rhopalophthalmus Illig and a description ofa new species of Tenagomysis from Lagos, Nigeria. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society London.</em> 129: 81-128. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details]   

additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Tattersall, O.S. (1957). Report on a small collection of Mysidacea from the Sierra Leone estuary together with a survey of the genus Rhopalophthalmus Illig and a description ofa new species of Tenagomysis from Lagos, Nigeria. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society London.</em> 129: 81-128. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea.  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH 1957.3.28 1-8, geounit Sierra Leone River [details]
Syntype BMNH 1957.3.28 1-8, geounit Sierra Leone River [details]
From editor or global species database
Acknowledgments Record kindly corrected by Karl Wittmann (email to Jan Mees dd 2 December 2012): Correct the missing agreement in gender of Rhopalophthalmus africana to become the correct Rhopalophthalmus africanus. [details]

Depth range littoral (0-10m) [details]

Habitat estuaries [details]

Remark gregarious and strongly euryhaline [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) 
To ITIS

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