Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphiakrops Wittmann, 2024
1757842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1757842)
accepted
Genus
Amphiakrops brandtae Wittmann, 2024 (type by original designation)
marine
masculine
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 
(of Amphiakrops brandtae Wittmann, 2024) 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
(of Amphiakrops brandtae Wittmann, 2024) 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
Etymology The genus name is a transliterated noun with Greek masculine ending, condensed from the Ancient Greek preposition...
Etymology The genus name is a transliterated noun with Greek masculine ending, condensed from the Ancient Greek preposition ‘ἀμφί’ (‘on both sides’) with the adjective ‘άκρος’ (‘acute’) and the noun ‘ὤψ’ (‘eye’) referring to the tooth-like extensions on both sides of each eye rudiment [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Amphiakrops 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=1757842 on 2025-10-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphiakrops Wittmann, 2024. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757842 on 2025-10-07
original description
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
original description (of Amphiakrops brandtae Wittmann, 2024) 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
original description (of Amphiakrops brandtae Wittmann, 2024) 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
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name is a transliterated noun with Greek masculine ending, condensed from the Ancient Greek preposition ‘ἀμφί’ (‘on both sides’) with the adjective ‘άκρος’ (‘acute’) and the noun ‘ὤψ’ (‘eye’) referring to the tooth-like extensions on both sides of each eye rudiment [details]
