Deep-Sea taxon details
Schizurakrops Wittmann, 2024
1757840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1757840)
accepted
Genus
marine
Wittmann, K. J. (2024). The Mysidae (Crustacea, Mysida) of the ANDEEP I–III expeditions to the Antarctic deep sea with the description of twelve new species, establishment of four new genera and with world-wide keys to the species of Erythropinae and Mysidellinae. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 940: 1-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.940.2577 [details] Available for editors 
Type locality contained in Powell Basin
type locality contained in Powell Basin [details]
Etymology The genus name is a noun with Greek masculine ending, condensed from the Ancient Greek verb ‘σχίζω’...
Etymology The genus name is a noun with Greek masculine ending, condensed from the Ancient Greek verb ‘σχίζω’ (‘divide’), noun ‘οὐρά’ (‘tail’), adjective ‘άκρος’ (‘acute’) and noun ‘ὤψ’ (‘eye’), referring to the cleft telson in combination with rostrally acute eye rudiments. [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Schizurakrops Wittmann, 2024. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757840 on 2025-11-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Schizurakrops Wittmann, 2024. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757840 on 2025-11-09
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Wittmann, K. J. (2024). The Mysidae (Crustacea, Mysida) of the ANDEEP I–III expeditions to the Antarctic deep sea with the description of twelve new species, establishment of four new genera and with world-wide keys to the species of Erythropinae and Mysidellinae. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 940: 1-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.940.2577 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The genus name is a noun with Greek masculine ending, condensed from the Ancient Greek verb ‘σχίζω’ (‘divide’), noun ‘οὐρά’ (‘tail’), adjective ‘άκρος’ (‘acute’) and noun ‘ὤψ’ (‘eye’), referring to the cleft telson in combination with rostrally acute eye rudiments. [details]
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