WoRMS taxon details
Metamysidopsis elongata (Holmes, 1900)
226436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:226436)
accepted
Species
Metamysidopsis elongata elongata (Holmes, 1900) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
- Subspecies Metamysidopsis elongata atlantica Bacescu, 1968 accepted as Metamysidopsis atlantica Bacescu, 1968 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Metamysidopsis elongata elongata (Holmes, 1900) accepted as Metamysidopsis elongata (Holmes, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900) Holmes, S.J. (1900). Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea. <em>Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 1-262, pls. 1-4. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Depth range littoral
Depth range littoral [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Metamysidopsis elongata (Holmes, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226436 on 2026-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900) Holmes, S.J. (1900). Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea. <em>Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 1-262, pls. 1-4. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Hendrickx, M. E.; Hernández-Payán, J. C. (2023). The genus Metamysidopsis W. M. Tattersall, 1951 (Peracarida, Mysida, Mysidae) in the eastern Pacific with the description of a new species from western Mexico and notes on some diagnostic characters used in the genus. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96(5): 423-453., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10293
note: subspecies uplifted to full species [details]
note: subspecies uplifted to full species [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Fager, E.W., & R.I. Clutter. 1968. Parameters of a natural population of a hypopelagic marine mysid, Metamysidopsis elongata (Holmes).-- Physiological Zoology 41 (3): 257-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.41.3.30155459 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Brattegard, T. (1970): Marine biological Investigations in the Bahamas 11. Mysidacea from shallow water in the Bahamas and southern Florida. Part 2. - Sarsia, 41: 1-36, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1970.10408852 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hanamura, Y.; Kase, T. (2002). Marine cave mysids of the genus Palaumysis (Crustacea: Mysidacea), with a description of a new species from the Philippines. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36: 253-263. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930010004241 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Johnston, N. M.; Ritz, D. A.; Fenton, G. E. (1997). Larval development in the Tasmanian mysids Anisomysis mixta australis, Tenagomysis tasmaniae and Paramesopodopsis rufa (Crustacea: Mysidacea). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 130: 93-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050228 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman & J.D. Fulton (1986): Identification manual of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. - Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.Sci., 93: 1-411 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brattegard, T. (1969). Marine biological Investigations in the Bahamas 10. Mysidacea from shallow water in the Bahamas and southern Florida. Part 1. <em>Sarsia.</em> 39: 17-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1969.10411155 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [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 Ribes, M.; Coma, R.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J.-M. (1996). Small-scale spatial heterogeneity and seasonal variation in a population of a cave-dwelling Mediterranean mysid. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 18(5), 659-671., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/18.5.659 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brattegard, T. (1970). Mysidacea from shallow water in the Caribbean Sea.-- Sarsia 43. 111-154. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bacescu, M. (1968). Étude des quelques Leptomysini (Crustacea Mysidacea) des eaux du Brésil et de Cuba; Description d´un genre et de cinq autres taxons nouveaux. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 77: 232- 249. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Clutter, R.I. 1969. The microdistribution and social behavior of some pelagic mysid shrimps.-- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 3: 125-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(69)90012-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Astthorson, O. S.; Ralph, R. (1984). Growth and moulting of Neomysis integer (Crustacea: Mysidacea). <em>Mar. Biol.</em> 79 (1): 55-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00404985 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source CARLETON, J.H. & W.M. HAMMER (1987). A diver-operated device for the capture of mobile epibenthic organisms. - Limnol. Oceanogr., 32 (2): 503-510. [sampling methods [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source CATTOIR, C. & DE BERGé, B. (1999). Mysidacea van het Guayas-Estero Salado systeem in Ecuador Maandwerk [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source CLUTTER, R.I. (1967). Zonation of nearshore mysids. Ecology, 48 (2): 200-208. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Clutter, R.I. (1969). Microdistribution and social behavior of pelagic mysids. <em>J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.</em> 3:125-155. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source CUZIN-ROUDY, J., BERREUR-BONNENFANT, J.; FRIED-MONTAUFIER, M.C. (1981). Chronology of post-embryonic development in Siriella armata (M.Edw.) ( Crustacea: Mysidacea) reared in the laboratory: growth and sexual differentiation International Journal of invertebrate Reproduction, 4: 193-208., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01651269.1981.10553428 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Almeida Prado-Por, M.S. de. (1973). Distribution of Mysidacea (Crustacea) in the Cananeia region. -. <em>Bolm. Fac. Fil. S. Paulo (Zool. & Biol. mar.), N.S. 30: 395-417.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-3366.bzbm.1973.121317 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Almeida Prado-Por, M.S. de. (1974). Sistemática dos Mysidacea (Crustacea) na regiao de Cananéia. -. <em>Bolm. Inst. oceanogr., S. Paulo, 23: 47-87.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0373-55241974000100004 [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 Guérin, J.P., M. Kirchner & F. Cubizolles. (2001). Effects of Oxyrrhis marina (Dinoflagellata), bacteria and vitamin D2 on population dynamics of Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 261(1): 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00252-0 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kim, H.Y.; Chin, P. (1991). Growth and Energy budget of Neomysis awatschensis. <em>Korean J. Zool.</em> 34: 594-609. [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 MAUCHLINE, J. (1971). Seasonal occurence of mysids (Crustacea) and evidence of social behaviour. - J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 51: 809-825. [biology, ecology, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400017999 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source McLachlan, A. (1983). Sandy beach ecology - A review. <em>In: McLachlan, A. & Erasmus, T. (eds.). Sandy beaches as ecosystems. Dr W. Junk Publishers.</em> 321-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2938-3_25 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sudo, H. (2003). Effect of temperature on growth, sexual maturity and reproduction of <i>Acanthomysis robusta</i> (Crustacea: Mysidacea) reared in the laboratory. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 143(6): 1095 - 1107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1160-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source TARARAM, A. S.; WAKABARA, Y.; FLYNN, M.N. (1996). Suprabenthic community of the cananeia lagoon estuarine region, Southeastern Brazil Cah. Biol. Mar. 37: 295-308 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source WAKABARA, Y.; FLYNN, M.N.; TARARAM, A. S. (1996). Ingestion and selection of suprabenthic crustaceans by small-sized fishes in a lower saltmarsh system Rev. Bras. Oceanogr. 44(2): 89-103, available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-77391996000200001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source WINKLER G, GREVE W (2002). Laboratory studies of the effect of temperature on growth, moulting and reproduction in the co-occurring mysids Neomysis integer and Praunus flexuosus MEPS 235:177-188 :, available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps235177 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source WITTMANN, K.J. (1981). On the breeding biology and physiology of marsupial development in Mediterranean Leptomysis (Mysidacea: Crustacea), with special reference to the effectsof temperatureandeggsize. - J. exp. mar. Biol., 53 (2-3): 261-279. [Leptomysis bürgii, Leptomysis lingvura, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(81)90025-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional 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]additional source Hanamura, Y.; Kase, T. (2002). Marine cave mysids of the genus Palaumysis (Crustacea: Mysidacea), with a description of a new species from the Philippines. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36: 253-263. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930010004241 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Johnston, N. M.; Ritz, D. A.; Fenton, G. E. (1997). Larval development in the Tasmanian mysids Anisomysis mixta australis, Tenagomysis tasmaniae and Paramesopodopsis rufa (Crustacea: Mysidacea). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 130: 93-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050228 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman & J.D. Fulton (1986): Identification manual of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. - Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.Sci., 93: 1-411 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brattegard, T. (1969). Marine biological Investigations in the Bahamas 10. Mysidacea from shallow water in the Bahamas and southern Florida. Part 1. <em>Sarsia.</em> 39: 17-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1969.10411155 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [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 Ribes, M.; Coma, R.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J.-M. (1996). Small-scale spatial heterogeneity and seasonal variation in a population of a cave-dwelling Mediterranean mysid. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 18(5), 659-671., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/18.5.659 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brattegard, T. (1970). Mysidacea from shallow water in the Caribbean Sea.-- Sarsia 43. 111-154. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bacescu, M. (1968). Étude des quelques Leptomysini (Crustacea Mysidacea) des eaux du Brésil et de Cuba; Description d´un genre et de cinq autres taxons nouveaux. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 77: 232- 249. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Clutter, R.I. 1969. The microdistribution and social behavior of some pelagic mysid shrimps.-- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 3: 125-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(69)90012-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Astthorson, O. S.; Ralph, R. (1984). Growth and moulting of Neomysis integer (Crustacea: Mysidacea). <em>Mar. Biol.</em> 79 (1): 55-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00404985 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source CARLETON, J.H. & W.M. HAMMER (1987). A diver-operated device for the capture of mobile epibenthic organisms. - Limnol. Oceanogr., 32 (2): 503-510. [sampling methods [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source CATTOIR, C. & DE BERGé, B. (1999). Mysidacea van het Guayas-Estero Salado systeem in Ecuador Maandwerk [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source CLUTTER, R.I. (1967). Zonation of nearshore mysids. Ecology, 48 (2): 200-208. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Clutter, R.I. (1969). Microdistribution and social behavior of pelagic mysids. <em>J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.</em> 3:125-155. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source CUZIN-ROUDY, J., BERREUR-BONNENFANT, J.; FRIED-MONTAUFIER, M.C. (1981). Chronology of post-embryonic development in Siriella armata (M.Edw.) ( Crustacea: Mysidacea) reared in the laboratory: growth and sexual differentiation International Journal of invertebrate Reproduction, 4: 193-208., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01651269.1981.10553428 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Almeida Prado-Por, M.S. de. (1973). Distribution of Mysidacea (Crustacea) in the Cananeia region. -. <em>Bolm. Fac. Fil. S. Paulo (Zool. & Biol. mar.), N.S. 30: 395-417.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-3366.bzbm.1973.121317 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Almeida Prado-Por, M.S. de. (1974). Sistemática dos Mysidacea (Crustacea) na regiao de Cananéia. -. <em>Bolm. Inst. oceanogr., S. Paulo, 23: 47-87.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0373-55241974000100004 [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 Guérin, J.P., M. Kirchner & F. Cubizolles. (2001). Effects of Oxyrrhis marina (Dinoflagellata), bacteria and vitamin D2 on population dynamics of Tisbe holothuriae (Copepoda). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 261(1): 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00252-0 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kim, H.Y.; Chin, P. (1991). Growth and Energy budget of Neomysis awatschensis. <em>Korean J. Zool.</em> 34: 594-609. [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 MAUCHLINE, J. (1971). Seasonal occurence of mysids (Crustacea) and evidence of social behaviour. - J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 51: 809-825. [biology, ecology, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400017999 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source McLachlan, A. (1983). Sandy beach ecology - A review. <em>In: McLachlan, A. & Erasmus, T. (eds.). Sandy beaches as ecosystems. Dr W. Junk Publishers.</em> 321-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2938-3_25 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sudo, H. (2003). Effect of temperature on growth, sexual maturity and reproduction of <i>Acanthomysis robusta</i> (Crustacea: Mysidacea) reared in the laboratory. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 143(6): 1095 - 1107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1160-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source TARARAM, A. S.; WAKABARA, Y.; FLYNN, M.N. (1996). Suprabenthic community of the cananeia lagoon estuarine region, Southeastern Brazil Cah. Biol. Mar. 37: 295-308 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source WAKABARA, Y.; FLYNN, M.N.; TARARAM, A. S. (1996). Ingestion and selection of suprabenthic crustaceans by small-sized fishes in a lower saltmarsh system Rev. Bras. Oceanogr. 44(2): 89-103, available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-77391996000200001 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source WINKLER G, GREVE W (2002). Laboratory studies of the effect of temperature on growth, moulting and reproduction in the co-occurring mysids Neomysis integer and Praunus flexuosus MEPS 235:177-188 :, available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps235177 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source WITTMANN, K.J. (1981). On the breeding biology and physiology of marsupial development in Mediterranean Leptomysis (Mysidacea: Crustacea), with special reference to the effectsof temperatureandeggsize. - J. exp. mar. Biol., 53 (2-3): 261-279. [Leptomysis bürgii, Leptomysis lingvura, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(81)90025-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Contributed data: Published Metamysidopsis elongata elongata (Holmes, 1900) and Metamysidopsis elongata atlantica Bacescu, 1968 have been lifted from subspecies to species by Hendrickx & Hernández-Payán (2023). [details]Depth range littoral [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mysidopsis elongata Holmes, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
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