WoRMS taxon details

Rhopalophthalmus chilkensis O. Tattersall, 1957

226369  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:226369)

accepted
Species
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 1957.3.28.17-26, geounit Chilka Lake  
Holotype BMNH 1957.3.28.17-26, geounit Chilka Lake [details]
Depth range shallow water  
Depth range shallow water [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Rhopalophthalmus chilkensis O. Tattersall, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226369 on 2024-04-24
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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] 

taxonomy source Pillai, N. K. (1965). A review of the work of shallow-water Mysidacea of the Indian waters. <em>Proc. Symposium Crust.</em> 5: 1681-1728. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea.  [details]   

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1961). Additions to the Mysidacea of Kerala. <i>Bull. Centr. Res. Inst. Univ. Kerala, Trivandrum, 8: 15-35</i>. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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

additional source Pillai, N. K. (1964). Report on the Mysidacea in the collections of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp, South India - Part I. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 6(1): 1-41. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pillai, N. K. (1965). A review of the work on the shallow water Mysidacea of the Indian waters. <em>Proceedings of the symposium on Crustacea.</em> 1681-1728.
page(s): 1695 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype BMNH 1957.3.28.17-26, geounit Chilka Lake [details]
Syntype BMNH 1957.3.28.17-26, geounit Chilka Lake [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range shallow water [details]

Habitat brackish water, in Chilka Lake on muddy bottom and among the weed; also found on clean sandy bottom [details]