WoRMS taxon details
Rhopalophthalmus terranatalis O.S. Tattersall, 1957
161451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:161451)
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1957.tb00282.x [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype BMNH 1957.3.38 32-33, geounit Natal
Holotype BMNH 1957.3.38 32-33, geounit Natal [details]
Depth range shallow water (3-5m)
Depth range shallow water (3-5m) [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Rhopalophthalmus terranatalis O.S. Tattersall, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=161451 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1957.tb00282.x [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details]
[request]basis of record Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Wooldridge, T. (1976). The zooplankton of Msikaba estuary. <em>Zoologica Africana.</em> 11(1):23-44, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1976.11447513 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Wooldridge, T.H. (1977). The zooplankton of Mgazana, a mangrove estuary in Transkei, Southern Africa. <em>Zoologica Africana.</em> 12(2):307-322, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1977.11447577 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Wooldridge, T.H. & C. Bailey. (1982). Euryhaline zooplankton of the Sundays estuary and notes on trophic relationships. <em>South African Journal of Zoology.</em> 17(4):151-163, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1982.11447797 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Wooldridge, T. H. (1983). Ecology of beach and surf-zone mysid shrimps in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. <em>In: Der. In Hydrobiol, 19 (McLachlan, Erasmus, Eds) 'Sandy Beaches as ecosystems'.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2938-3_33 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]ecology source Wooldridge, T.H. (1977). The zooplankton of Mgazana, a mangrove estuary in Transkei, Southern Africa. <em>Zoologica Africana.</em> 12(2):307-322, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1977.11447577 [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Wooldridge, T.H. & C. Bailey. (1982). Euryhaline zooplankton of the Sundays estuary and notes on trophic relationships. <em>South African Journal of Zoology.</em> 17(4):151-163, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1982.11447797 [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Wooldridge, T. H. (1983). Ecology of beach and surf-zone mysid shrimps in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. <em>In: Der. In Hydrobiol, 19 (McLachlan, Erasmus, Eds) 'Sandy Beaches as ecosystems'.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2938-3_33 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Schlacher, T. A.; Wittmann, K. J.; Ariani, A. P. (1992). Comparative morphology and actuopalaeontology of mysid statoliths (Crustacea, Mysidacea). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 112: 67-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01673808 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Deprez, T.; Wooldridge, T.; Mees, J. (2000). A new species of Gastrosaccus (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from Algoa Bay (South Africa). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 441: 141-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1017518925619 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Connell, A.D. (1974). Mysidacea of the Mtentu river estuary, Transkei, South Africa. Zoologica Africana 9(2): 147-159, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1974.11448522 [details] Available for editors [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1957.tb00282.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tattersall, O.S. (1958). Further notes on Mysidacea from South African waters. Transactions of the Royal society of South Africa 4: 373-385, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359195809519021 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2000). Doxomysis algoensis, a new mysid species (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from Algoa Bay (South Africa). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 421: 61-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1003973418595 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2003). Additions to the mysid fauna (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from coastal waters of Mozambique, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 505: 31-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:hydr.0000007227.06469.eb [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source FORBES, A.T. (1989): Mysid shrimps (Crustacea: Mysidacea) in the St. Lucia Narrows before and after Cyclon Demoina. - Lammergeyer, 40: 21-29. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/mysidacea [details]
additional source Neyt, K. (2002). Morfologische studie van een nieuwe soort van de ordo Mysidacea uit de Westelijke Indische Oceaan. Unpublished manuscript, Institute voor Dierkunde, Universiteit Gent, Mariene Biologie. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gorokhova, E.; Hansson, S. (2000). Elemental composition of Mysis mixta (Crustacea, Mysidacea) and energy costs of reproduction and embryogenesis under laboratory conditions. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 246(1): 103-123., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00173-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ma, C.; Hong, S.; Ohh, C.-W.; Hartnoll, R. (2001). Post-embryonic growth and survival of archaeomysis kobukoi Ii, 1964 (Mysidacea) reares in the laboratory. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 74(4): 347-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854001300104435 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wooldridge, T. H. (2000). The Mysid fauna of South Africa. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schlacher T.A.; Wooldridge, T.H. (1995): Tidal influence on distribution and behaviour of the estuarine opossum shrimp Gastrosaccus brevifissura Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries, ECSA22/ERF Symposium, K.R. Dyer and R.J. Orth (eds), Olsen & Olsen, Denmark: 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Deprez, T.; Wooldridge, T.; Mees, J. (2000). A new species of Gastrosaccus (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from Algoa Bay (South Africa). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 441: 141-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1017518925619 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connell, A.D. (1974). Mysidacea of the Mtentu river estuary, Transkei, South Africa. Zoologica Africana 9(2): 147-159, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1974.11448522 [details] Available for editors
[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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1957.tb00282.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tattersall, O.S. (1958). Further notes on Mysidacea from South African waters. Transactions of the Royal society of South Africa 4: 373-385, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359195809519021 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2000). Doxomysis algoensis, a new mysid species (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from Algoa Bay (South Africa). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 421: 61-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1003973418595 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2003). Additions to the mysid fauna (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from coastal waters of Mozambique, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 505: 31-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:hydr.0000007227.06469.eb [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source FORBES, A.T. (1989): Mysid shrimps (Crustacea: Mysidacea) in the St. Lucia Narrows before and after Cyclon Demoina. - Lammergeyer, 40: 21-29. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/mysidacea [details]
additional source Neyt, K. (2002). Morfologische studie van een nieuwe soort van de ordo Mysidacea uit de Westelijke Indische Oceaan. Unpublished manuscript, Institute voor Dierkunde, Universiteit Gent, Mariene Biologie. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gorokhova, E.; Hansson, S. (2000). Elemental composition of Mysis mixta (Crustacea, Mysidacea) and energy costs of reproduction and embryogenesis under laboratory conditions. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 246(1): 103-123., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00173-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ma, C.; Hong, S.; Ohh, C.-W.; Hartnoll, R. (2001). Post-embryonic growth and survival of archaeomysis kobukoi Ii, 1964 (Mysidacea) reares in the laboratory. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 74(4): 347-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854001300104435 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wooldridge, T. H. (2000). The Mysid fauna of South Africa. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schlacher T.A.; Wooldridge, T.H. (1995): Tidal influence on distribution and behaviour of the estuarine opossum shrimp Gastrosaccus brevifissura Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries, ECSA22/ERF Symposium, K.R. Dyer and R.J. Orth (eds), Olsen & Olsen, Denmark: 3 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1957.3.38 32-33, geounit Natal [details]
Syntype BMNH 1957.3.38 32-33, geounit Natal [details]
