WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Americamysis Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994

AphiaID

161519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:161519)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mysidopsini Wittmann, Ariani & Lagardère, 2014

Direct children (6)

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Species Americamysis alleni Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994
Species Americamysis almyra (Bowman, 1964)
Species Americamysis bahia (Molenock, 1969)
Species Americamysis bigelowi (W.M. Tattersall, 1926)
Species Americamysis stucki Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994
Species Americamysis taironana (Brattegard, 1973)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Price, W.W., R.W. Heard, and L. Stuck. 1994. Observations on the genus Mysidopsis Sars, 1864 with the designation of a new genus, Americamysis, and the descriptions of Americamysis alleni and A. stucki (Peracarida: Mysidacea: Mysidae), from the Gulf of Mexico.-- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107 (4): 680-698. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Americamysis Price, Heard & Stuck, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=161519 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-06-30 11:34:57Z

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db_admin

2006-09-05 08:30:55Z

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Martinez, Olga

2009-11-23 07:56:56Z

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Mees, Jan

2016-12-23 17:49:40Z

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Mees, Jan

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Nomenclature

original description Price, W.W., R.W. Heard, and L. Stuck. 1994. Observations on the genus Mysidopsis Sars, 1864 with the designation of a new genus, Americamysis, and the descriptions of Americamysis alleni and A. stucki (Peracarida: Mysidacea: Mysidae), from the Gulf of Mexico.-- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107 (4): 680-698. [details]

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

Other

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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]