WoRMS name details
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details]
additional source
Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. [details]
Holotype BMNH 1957.3.28 1-8, geounit Sierra Leone River [details]
Syntype BMNH 1957.3.28 1-8, geounit Sierra Leone River [details]
From editor or global species database
Acknowledgments Record kindly corrected by Karl Wittmann (email to Jan Mees dd 2 December 2012): Correct the missing agreement in gender of Rhopalophthalmus africana to become the correct Rhopalophthalmus africanus. [details]
Depth range littoral (0-10m) [details]
Habitat estuaries [details]
Remark gregarious and strongly euryhaline [details]
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