History of changes

Introduction

The tribe Erythropini is a cosmopolitan group that occurs from the immediate subtidal down to nearly 6000 m depth. The tribe comprises 46 genera and about 199 species (Price et al. 2001). Eight genera and nine species are known from Australian waters. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the family.

Diagnosis

Antenna 2 scale present or reduced (in Caeseromysis and Gymnerythrops, and represented by a small spine in Arachnomysis and Chunomysis), outer margin smooth, without setae (serrated in Meterythrops). 3rd–8th thoracopods endopod with distinct carpus and propodus (separated by an oblique articulation). Marsupium composed of two or three pairs of oostegites. (Generated from Meland 2002)

General References

Hansen, H.J. 1910. The Schizopoda of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 37: 1-123 16 pls

Meland, K. 2002. Mysidacea: Families, subfamilies, tribes and subtribes. http://crustacea.net.

Müller H.-G. 1993. World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Recent Mysidacea. Laboratory for Tropical Ecosystems Research and Information Service, Wetzlar. 491 pp.

Price, W., Anderson, G. & Heard, R. 2001. Mysida homepage. http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/mysids/index.html.

History of changes

• Australerythrops Tattersall, W.M. 1928. Further records of Australian opossum shrimps (Mysidacea). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 105-110 [106].

  Type species:

   Australerythrops paradicei Tattersall, 1928 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Australerythrops paradicei Tattersall, W.M. 1928. Further records of Australian opossum shrimps (Mysidacea). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 105-110 [107, figs 29, 30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Watson's Bay, Port Jackson, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, marine.

General References

O'Brien, D.P. 1989. Analysis of the internal arrangement of individuals within crustacean aggregations (Euphausiacea, Mysidacea). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 128: 1-30

History of changes

• Erythrops Sars, G.O. 1869. Underígelser over Christiana-fjordens Dybvansfauna anstillede paa en i Sommeren 1868 foretagen Zoolisk Reise. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Oslo 16: 305-362 [325] [nom. nov. for Nematopus Sars, 1863].

  Secondary source:

   Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp. [351].
• Nematopus Sars, G.O. 1863. Beretning om eni Sommeren, 1862 foretagen zoologisk Reisei Christianias og Trondhjems Stifter. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Oslo 12: 193-252 [233] [junior homonym of Nematopus Berthold, 1827; junior homonym of Nematopus Agassiz, 1846].

  Type species (included species):

   Nematopus elegans Sars, 1863; Nematopus serratus Sars, 1863

  Secondary source:

   Gordan, J. 1957. A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112(4): 279-394 [366]; Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp. [351].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Müller H.-G. 1993. World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Recent Mysidacea. Laboratory for Tropical Ecosystems Research and Information Service, Wetzlar. 491 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Ocean, Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

General References

Tattersall, W.M. & Tattersall, O.S. 1951. The British Mysidacea. Ray Society Publications 136: viii 460 pp. [187]

History of changes

• Erythrops nana Tattersall, W.M. 1922. Indian Mysidacea. Records of the Indian Museum 24: 445-504 [463, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown 4 specimens, Port Blair, Andaman Islands.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Erythrops yongei Tattersall, W.M. 1936. Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5: 143-176 [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, outside Papuan Pass, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, pelagic.

General References

Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp. [355]

Tattersall, W.M. 1951. A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 201: 1-292

History of changes

• Euchaetomeropsis Tattersall, W.M. 1909. The Schizopoda collected by the "Maia" and "Puritan" in the Mediterranean. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Berlin 19: 117-143 1 pl. [130].

  Type species:

   Euchaetomera merolepis Illig, 1908 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Banner, A.H. 1947. A taxonomic study of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the northeastern Pacific. Part 1. Mysidacea, from family Lophogastridae through tribe Erythropini. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute 26(2): 345-399, 9 pls [385].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Atlantic, eastern and northern Pacific, east Indian Ocean.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Euchaetomera merolepis Illig, G. 1908. Ein weiterer Bericht über die Mysideen der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. Zoologischer Anzeiger 32: 550-551 [550, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH, south of the Cocos (Keeling) Ils, Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 175, west of Chagos Ils, Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 226; ZMB cat. no. 22 591, south of the Cocos (Keeling) Ils, Deutsche Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 175, west of Chagos Ils, Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 226.

  Type locality references:

  Illig, G. 1930. Die Schizopoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899 22: 397-625.

Generic Combinations

• Euchaetomeropsis merolepis (Illig, 1908). —
  van der Land, J. & Brattegard, T. 2001. Mysidacea. pp. 293-295 in Costello, M.J., Emblow, C., White, R.J. (Eds.). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Vol. 50 pp.463.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

40ºN–40ºS east Atlantic, east Pacific and east Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, mesopelagic.

General References

Mauchline, J. & Murano, M. 1977. World list of the Mysidacea, Crustacea. Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries [formerly Journal of the Tokyo College of Fisheries] 64: 39-88

Murano, M. 1977. Mysidacea from the central and western Pacific IV. Genera Euchaetomera, Euchaetomeropsis, Arachnomysis, Caesaromysis, Echinomysides. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 24: 141-192

Taniguchi, A. 1974. Mysids and Euphausids in the Eastern Indian Ocean with particular reference to invasion of species from the Banda Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 16: 349-357

History of changes

• Gibberythrops Illig, G. 1930. Die Schizopoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899 22: 397-625 [431].

  Type species:

   Parerythrops acanthura Illig, 1906 by monotypy.
• Eoerythrops Murano, M. 1969. Three new species of Mysidacea from Japan. Crustaceana 17(2): 207-219 [207].

  Type species:

   Eoerythrops typicus Murano, 1969 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Murano, M. 1981. Mysidacea from the central and western Pacific V. Genera Heteroerythrops, Meierythorps, Pleurerythrops, Gibberythrops, Illigiella, Dactylamblyops, Pseudamblyops, Paramblyops, Dactylerythrops and Nakazawaia (Tribe Erythropini). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26: 261-302 [272]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Metamblyops stephensoni Tattersall, W.M. 1936. Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5: 143-176 [152, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, outside Trinity Opening, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
• Eoerythrops amamiensis Murano, M. 1976. Mysidacea from the central and western Pacific III. Genera Eoerythrops, Holmesiella, Pteromysis, Longithorax and Katerythrops (Tribe Erythropini). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 23: 19-50 [20, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype TIU ♂, Amami Ils, south-western Japan.
  Paratype(s) TIU 1♀; TIU 9 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Murano, M. 1981. Mysidacea from the central and western Pacific V. Genera Heteroerythrops, Meierythorps, Pleurerythrops, Gibberythrops, Illigiella, Dactylamblyops, Pseudamblyops, Paramblyops, Dactylerythrops and Nakazawaia (Tribe Erythropini). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26: 261-302 [273]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Japan.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

History of changes

• Hypererythrops Holt, E.W.L. & Tattersall, W.M. 1905. Schizopodous Crustacea from the North-East Atlantic slope. Annual Report of the Fisheries of Ireland 1902–1903(2): 99-152, pls 15-25 [119].

  Type species:

   Hypererythrops serriventer Holt & Tattersall, 1905 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Erythrops spinifera Hansen, H.J. 1910. The Schizopoda of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 37: 1-123 16 pls [62, pl. 9 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA 2 specimens, Indonesia, "Siboga Station" 166 [02°28.5'S 131°3.3'E].

Generic Combinations

• Hypererythrops spinifera (Hansen, 1910). —
  Müller H.-G. 1993. World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Recent Mysidacea. Laboratory for Tropical Ecosystems Research and Information Service, Wetzlar. 491 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic (host(s): Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) [BALAENOPTERIDAE] Humpback Whale), continental shelf, marine (host(s): Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) [BALAENOPTERIDAE] Humpback Whale), sublittoral (host(s): Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) [BALAENOPTERIDAE] Humpback Whale).

General References

Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp.

Pillai, N.K. 1964. Report on the Mysidacea in the collection of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam Camp, South India. Part I. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 6: 1-41

Tattersall, W.M. 1936. Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5: 143-176

Valbonesi, A. & Murano, M. 1980. Mysidae of shallow water in Tanabe Bay. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 25: 211-226

History of changes

• Katerythrops Holt, E.W.L. & Tattersall, W.M. 1905. Schizopodous Crustacea from the North-East Atlantic slope. Annual Report of the Fisheries of Ireland 1902–1903(2): 99-152, pls 15-25 [117].

  Type species:

   Katerythrops oceanae Holt & Tattersall, 1905 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Katerythrops oceanae Holt, E.W.L. & Tattersall, W.M. 1905. Schizopodous Crustacea from the North-East Atlantic slope. Annual Report of the Fisheries of Ireland 1902–1903(2): 99-152, pls 15-25 [117, pl. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Atlantic Ocean [52°27'6"N 15°40'W or 52°20'N 15°7'9"W].
• Katerythrops dactylops Illig, G. 1906. Bericht über die neuen Schizopodengattungen und -arten der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 194-211 [198, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 22 584, NW of the Congo, Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 67; NW of the Cape of Good Hope, Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 89; NE of the Ile Amsterdam, Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition "Valdivia" Station 172.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Tattersall, W.M. & Tattersall, O.S. 1951. The British Mysidacea. Ray Society Publications 136: viii 460 pp. [214]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

52ºN–40ºS Atlantic and Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, continental slope (host(s): Eubalaena australis (Desmoulinus, 1822) [BALAENIDAE] Southern Right Whale), marine.

General References

Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp.

Murano, M. 1976. Mysidacea from the central and western Pacific III. Genera Eoerythrops, Holmesiella, Pteromysis, Longithorax and Katerythrops (Tribe Erythropini). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 23: 19-50

Tattersall, O.S. 1955. Mysidacea. Discovery Reports 28: 1-190

History of changes

• Meterythrops Smith, S.I. 1879. The Stalk-eyed crustaceans of the Atlantic coast of North America north of Cape Cod. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(1): 27-136.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

History of changes

• Meterythrops picta Holt, E.W.L. & Tattersall, W.M. 1905. Schizopodous Crustacea from the north-east Atlantic slope. Scientific Investigations, Fisheries Branch, Ireland 1902–1903(II, App. IV): 99-152.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NHM-UK 2 specs, Ireland.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Ashmore Reef

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

History of changes

• Pteromysis Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

History of changes

• Pteromysis amemiyai Ii, N. 1964. Fauna Japonica, Mysidae. Tokyo : Biogeographical Society of Japan x 610 pp.

  Type data:

   Holotype Ii's Collection 336 ♀, Sagami Bay.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Ashmore Reef

IMCRA

Timor Province (2)

History of changes

• Synerythrops Hansen, H.J. 1910. The Schizopoda of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 37: 1-123 16 pls [64].

  Type species:

   Synerythrops intermedia Hansen, 1910 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

West Atlantic, west Indian and east Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Synerythrops intermedia Hansen, H.J. 1910. The Schizopoda of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 37: 1-123 16 pls [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA ♀, Manipa-strait, "Siboga" Station 185 [03°20'S 127°22.9'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

35ºN–15ºS east Indo-west Pacific Ocean, west Indian Ocean.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine, pelagic.

General References

Mauchline, J. & Murano, M. 1977. World list of the Mysidacea, Crustacea. Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries [formerly Journal of the Tokyo College of Fisheries] 64: 39-88

Tattersall, W.M. 1936. Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5: 143-176

History of changes

• Pseudommini Wittmann, K.J., Ariani, A. P. & Lagardère, J.P. 2014. Orders Lophogastrida Boas, 1883, Stygiomysida Tchindonova, 1981, and Mysida Boas, 1883 (also known collectively as Mysidacea). pp. 189–396, 404–406 in von Vaupel Klein, J.C., Charmantier-Daures M. & Schram, F.R. (Eds). Treatise on Zoology—Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea. Revised and updated, as well as extended from the Traité de Zoologie. Brill Vol. 4 Part B 462 pp.

History of changes

• Pseudomma Sars, G.O. 1870. Nye Dybvandscrustaceer fra Lofoten. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute (1869): 147-174 [154].

  Type species (included species):

   Pseudomma roseum Sars, 1870; Pseudomma affine Sars, 1870

  Secondary source:

   Tattersall, W.M. & Tattersall, O.S. 1951. The British Mysidacea. Ray Society Publications 136: viii 460 pp. [230]; Gordan, J. 1957. A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112(4): 279-394 [374].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean Sea, west-central Pacific Ocean, southern circumpolar.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Amblyops australis Sars, G.O. 1883. Preliminary notices on the Schizopoda of H.M.S. "Challenger" Expedition. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 7: 1-43 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886:37, off entrance to Port Phillip, Bass Strait, VIC, "Challenger" Station 161 [38°22'S 144°36'E].

  Secondary source:

   Sars, G.O. 1885. Report on the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(37): 1-228 pls 1-38 [191]; Gordan, J. 1957. A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112(4): 279-394 [374].

Generic Combinations

• Pseudomma australe (Sars, 1883). —
  Müller H.-G. 1993. World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Recent Mysidacea. Laboratory for Tropical Ecosystems Research and Information Service, Wetzlar. 491 pp.

Distribution

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

History of changes