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Mysis Latreille, 1802

Scan taken from personal notes of H. Nouvel stored at CNRS La Rochelle (France) by Jean Paul Lagardere. After G. O. Sars (1879)

119886  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119886)

  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. Mysinae (Subfamily)
  12. Mysini (Tribe)
  13. Mysis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Mesomysis Norman, 1905 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Mesomysis Czerniavsky, 1882)
Michtheimysis Norman, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (returned to synonymy)
Mysis (Auricomysis) Holmquist, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mysis (Michtheimysis) Norman, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded rank (subgeneric division suppressed)

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  1. Species Mysis amblyops G.O. Sars, 1907
  2. Species Mysis caspia G.O. Sars, 1895
  3. Species Mysis gaspensis O. Tattersall, 1954
  4. Species Mysis litoralis (Banner, 1948)
  5. Species Mysis macrolepis G.O. Sars, 1907
  6. Species Mysis microphthalma G.O. Sars, 1895
  7. Species Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853
  8. Species Mysis nordenskioldi Audzijonyte & Väinölä, 2007
  9. Species Mysis oculata (Fabricius, 1780)
  10. Species Mysis polaris Holmquist, 1959
  11. Species Mysis relicta Lovén, 1862
  12. Species Mysis salemaai Audzijonyte & Vainola, 2005
  13. Species Mysis segerstralei Audzijonyte & Väinölä, 2005
  14. Species Mysis stenolepis S.I. Smith, 1873
  15. Subgenus Mysis (Auricomysis) Holmquist, 1959 accepted as Mysis Latreille, 1802 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Mysis (Auricomysis) stenolepis S. I. Smith, 1873 accepted as Mysis stenolepis S.I. Smith, 1873 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Subgenus Mysis (Michtheimysis) Norman, 1902 accepted as Mysis Latreille, 1802 (unaccepted > superseded rank, subgeneric division suppressed)
    1. Species Mysis (Michtheimysis) mixta Liljeborg, 1853 accepted as Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded combination, subgeneric division rejected)
  17. Species Mysis americana S. I. Smith, 1873 accepted as Neomysis americana (S.I. Smith, 1873) (basionym)
  18. Species Mysis arctica Krøyer, 1861 accepted as Boreomysis (Boreomysis) arctica (Krøyer, 1861) (basionym)
  19. Species Mysis arcticoglacialis Petryashov, 1990 accepted as Stilomysis arcticoglacialis (Petryashov, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original generic misassignment)
  20. Species Mysis arenosa G.O. Sars, 1877 accepted as Paramysis arenosa (G.O. Sars, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  21. Species Mysis articoglacialis Petryashov, 1990 accepted as Mysis arcticoglacialis Petryashov, 1990 accepted as Stilomysis arcticoglacialis (Petryashov, 1990) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  22. Species Mysis assimilis G.O. Sars, 1877 accepted as Schistomysis assimilis (G.O. Sars, 1877) (basionym)
  23. Species Mysis aurantia G.O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Hemimysis lamornae (Couch, 1856) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Mysis australe O. Tattersall, 1955 accepted as Antarctomysis maxima (Holt & Tattersall, 1906) (synonym)
  25. Species Mysis awatschensis Brandt, 1851 accepted as Neomysis awatschensis (Brandt, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  26. Species Mysis bahirensis G.O. Sars, 1877 accepted as Diamysis bahirensis (G.O. Sars, 1877) (Synonym)
  27. Species Mysis chamaeleon J.V. Thompson, 1828 accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776)
  28. Species Mysis chameleo J.V. Thompson, 1828 accepted as Mysis chamaeleon J.V. Thompson, 1828 accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  29. Species Mysis cornuta Krøyer, 1861 accepted as Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) (Synonym)
  30. Species Mysis costata Holmes, 1900 accepted as Holmesimysis costata (Holmes, 1900) (basionym)
  31. Species Mysis denticulata Thomson, 1880 accepted as Siriella denticulata (Thompson, 1880) (basionym)
  32. Species Mysis didelphys Norman, 1863 accepted as Mysidopsis didelphys (Norman, 1863) (basionym)
  33. Species Mysis erythrophthalma Goës, 1864 accepted as Erythrops erythrophthalma (Goës, 1864) accepted as Erythrops erythrophthalmus (Goës, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  34. Species Mysis fabricii Bell, 1855 accepted as Mysis oculata (Fabricius, 1780) (Synonym)
  35. Species Mysis ferruginea Van Beneden, 1861 accepted as Schistomysis spiritus (Norman, 1860)
  36. Species Mysis flexuosa (Müller, 1776) accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Mysis flexuosus (Müller, 1776) accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, superseded combination)
  38. Species Mysis frontalis Milne Edwards, 1937 accepted as Siriella armata (Milne Edwards, 1837) (senior synonym from the same work, suppressed)
  39. Species Mysis gracilis G.O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Leptomysis gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1864) (basionym)
  40. Species Mysis grandis Goës, 1864 accepted as Stilomysis grandis (Goës, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  41. Species Mysis griffithsiae Bell, 1853 accepted as Siriella armata (Milne Edwards, 1837) (Synonym)
  42. Species Mysis helleri G.O. Sars, 1877 accepted as Paramysis (Longidentia) helleri (G.O. Sars, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  43. Species Mysis hispida (Norman, 1869) accepted as Leptomysis gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1864) ((inadvertent) deviant combination)
  44. Species Mysis inermis Rathke, 1843 accepted as Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) (Synonym)
  45. Species Mysis insignis G.O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Mysideis insignis (G.O. Sars, 1864) (basionym)
  46. Species Mysis integer (Leach, 1814) accepted as Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Mysis kervillei G.O. Sars, 1885 accepted as Schistomysis kervillei (G.O. Sars, 1885) (basionym)
  48. Species Mysis kessleri Grimm, 1877 accepted as Paramysis (Paramysis) kessleri G.O. Sars, 1895 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  49. Species Mysis lamornae Couch, 1856 accepted as Hemimysis lamornae (Couch, 1856) (basionym)
  50. Species Mysis latitans Krøyer, 1861 accepted as Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Mysis leachii Thompson, 1828 accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776)
  52. Species Mysis lingvura G.O. Sars, 1868 accepted as Leptomysis lingvura (G.O. Sars, 1866) (basionym)
  53. Species Mysis longicornis Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Acanthomysis longicornis (Milne Edwards, 1837) (Synonym)
  54. Species Mysis maxima Holt & Tattersall, 1906 accepted as Antarctomysis maxima (Holt & Tattersall, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  55. Species Mysis neglecta G.O. Sars, 1869 accepted as Praunus neglectus (G.O. Sars, 1869) (Synonym)
  56. Species Mysis oberon Couch, 1856 accepted as Siriella oberon (Couch, 1856) (synonym)
  57. Species Mysis ornata G. O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Schistomysis ornata (G. O. Sars, 1864) (basionym)
  58. Species Mysis parkeri (Norman, 1892) accepted as Schistomysis parkeri Norman, 1892 (Synonym)
  59. Species Mysis productus Gosse, 1853 accepted as Siriella armata (Milne Edwards, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Mysis quadrispinosa Illig, 1906 accepted as Doxomysis quadrispinosa (Illig, 1906) (basionym)
  61. Species Mysis rayii Murdoch, 1885 accepted as Neomysis rayii (Murdoch, 1885) (basionym)
  62. Species Mysis rostrata Guérin-Méneville, 1844 accepted as Siriella armata (Milne Edwards, 1837)
  63. Species Mysis sancta Van Beneden, 1861 accepted as Gastrosaccus sanctus (Van Beneden, 1861) (basionym)
  64. Species Mysis schrencki Czerniavsky, 1882 accepted as Boreoacanthomysis schrencki (Czerniavsky, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  65. Species Mysis scoticus J.V. Thompson, 1828 accepted as Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Mysis serraticauda Walker, 1901 accepted as Mysidopsis angusta G.O. Sars, 1864 (Synonym)
  67. Species Mysis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861) accepted as Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  68. Species Mysis spinifera Goës, 1864 accepted as Gastrosaccus spinifer (Goës, 1864) (basionym)
  69. Species Mysis spinulosa Leach, 1813 accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Species Mysis spinulosus Leach, 1813 accepted as Praunus flexuosus (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym; gender disagreement)
  71. Species Mysis spiritus Norman, 1860 accepted as Schistomysis spiritus (Norman, 1860) (basionym)
  72. Species Mysis stenolepsis S.I. Smith, 1873 accepted as Mysis stenolepis S.I. Smith, 1873 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  73. Species Mysis truncata Heller, 1863 accepted as Leptomysis truncata (Heller, 1863) (basionym)
  74. Species Mysis truncatula G.O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Praunus inermis (Rathke, 1843) (Synonym)
  75. Species Mysis vulgaris J.V. Thompson, 1828 accepted as Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  76. Species Mysis zurstrasseni (Illig, 1906) accepted as Euchaetomera zurstrasseni (Illig, 1906)
  77. Species Mysis baltica Czerniavsky, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  78. Species Mysis mertensi Czerniavsky, 1882 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  79. Species Mysis pedata (Fabricius, 1780) (uncertain > nomen dubium, species inquirenda)
marine, brackish, fresh
Latreille, P. A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. <em>Paris, F. Dufart.</em> 6: 1-391, pls. 44-57 [published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24882091 [details] 
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Mysis Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119886 on 2025-07-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2005-03-25 11:06:31Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2005-04-18 07:42:39Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-11-24 08:02:51Z
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Mees, Jan
2010-06-09 11:53:50Z
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Mees, Jan
2016-12-23 09:11:52Z
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Mees, Jan
2024-07-20 19:46:15Z
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Väinölä, Risto

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Nomenclature

original description Latreille, P. A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. <em>Paris, F. Dufart.</em> 6: 1-391, pls. 44-57 [published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24882091 [details] 

original description (of Megalophthalmus Leach, 1830) Leach, W.E. (1830). On the genus Megalophthalmus, a new and very interesting genus, completely proving the theory of Jules-Caesar Savigny to be correct. <em>Transactions of the Plymouth Institution.</em> Vol. 1: 176-178., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5mAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA176
page(s): 176 [details] 

original description (of Michtheimysis Norman, 1902) Norman, A. M. (1902-1905). Notes on the natural history of East Finmark. <em>Taylor and Francis: London.</em> 341-361, 472-486, 1-32 (pl. I-IV), 166-173, 567-598 (pl. XIII), 87-128 (pl. VIII, IX), 280-286, 406-417 (pl. XXVII), 348-359 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339146
page(s): 477 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pugetomysis Banner, 1948) Banner, A. H. (1948). A taxonomic study of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the northeastern Pacific. Part II. Mysidacea from Tribe Mysini through subfamilly mysidellinae. <em>Trans. Roy. Can. Inst.</em> p 65-125. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Mysis (Auricomysis) Holmquist, 1959) Holmquist, C. (1959). Problems on marine-glacial relicts on account of investigations on the genus Mysis. <em>Berlingska Boktryckeriet, Lund, Sweden.</em> 1-270, figs. 1-81, tabs. 1-4, appendix with tabs. 1-3.
page(s): 30 [details] 

original description (of Mesomysis Norman, 1905) Norman, A.M. (1905). Museum Normanianum, or a Catalogue of the Invertebrata of the Arctic and North Atlantic Temperate Ocean and Palaearctic Region, Which Are Contained in the Collections of the Rev. Canon a.M. Norman. Part. III. Crustacea, 2 edition. 2: I-Vi, 1-47.
page(s): 11; note: Only a list of taxa, with Mesomysis n.g. and the two contained species. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record van der Land, J.; Brattegard, T. (2001). Mysidacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 293-295. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

Identification resource

identification resource Audzijonyte, A.; Väinölä, R. (2007). Mysis nordenskioldi n. sp. (Crustacea, Mysida), a circumpolar coastal mysid separated from the NE Pacific M. litoralis (Banner, 1948). <em>Polar Biology.</em> 30(9): 1137-1157., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0271-5
note: Key to marine Mysis spp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details] 

additional source Holmquist, C. (1959). Problems on marine-glacial relicts on account of investigations on the genus Mysis. <em>Berlingska Boktryckeriet, Lund, Sweden.</em> 1-270, figs. 1-81, tabs. 1-4, appendix with tabs. 1-3. [details] 

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

additional source Väinölä, R. (1992). Evolutionary genetics of marine Mysis spp. (Crustacea: Mysidacea). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 114: 539-550. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Audzijonyte, A.; Pahlberg, J.; Viljanen, M.; Donner, K.; Väinölä, R. (2012). Opsin gene sequence variation across phylogenetic and population histories in <i>Mysis</i> (Crustacea: Mysida) does not match current light environments or visual‐pigment absorbance spectra. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 21(9): 2176-2196., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05516.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Zimmer, C. (1933). Mysidacea. <i>The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic</i>, 23(10.g3). Akademiische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 29-69 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Audzijonyte, A.; Damgaard, J.; Varvio, S.; Vainio, J. K.; Väinölä, R. (2005). Phylogeny of Mysis (Crustacea, Mysida): history of continental invasions inferred from molecular and morphological data. <em>Cladistics.</em> 21: 576-596. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Väinölä, R. (1995). Origin and recent endemic divergence of a Caspian Mysis species flock with affinities to the "glacial relict" crustaceans in boreal lakes. <em>Evolution.</em> 49(6): 1215-1223. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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