Genus Rhopalophthalmus Illig, 1906

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• Rhopalophthalmus Illig, G. 1906. Bericht über die neuen Schizopodengattungen und -arten der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 194-211 [207].

  Type species:

   Rhopalophthalmus flagellipes Illig, 1906 by monotypy.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

MYSIDAE: Rhopalophthalmus egregius Hansen, 1910 — Tattersall, W.M. 1936. Mysidacea and Euphausiacea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5: 143-176 (recorded this species); Tattersall, W.M. 1940. Report on a small collection of Mysidacea from the coastal waters of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 327-340 (recorded this species); 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 of a new species of Tenagomysis from Lagos Nigeria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 129: 81-128 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Rhopalophthalmus dakini Tattersall, 1957)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Atlantic, Indo-west central Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	MYSIDA Boas, 1883	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
11-Apr-2024	MYSIDAE Haworth, 1825	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	MYSIDACEA	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	MYSIDAE Haworth, 1825	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED