Rhopalophthalmus africanus O. Tattersall, 1957 
AphiaID: 711610

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Mysida (Order) > Mysidae (Family) > Rhopalophthalminae (Subfamily) > Rhopalophthalmus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Rhopalophthalmus Illig, 1906
Synonymised taxa		Rhopalophthalmus africana O. Tattersall, 1957 (mismatch gender genus and species)
Sources		from synonym: Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Muller, H.G. (1993) . World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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 Royal Society 129: 81-128 [details] [view taxon]
Distribution		type locality: Sierra Leone River (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Sierra Leone River (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711610
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-12-03 07:41:48Z   created   Mees, Jan
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		Citation: Mees, J. (2013). Rhopalophthalmus africanus O. Tattersall, 1957. In: Mees, J. & K. Meland (Eds) (2012 onwards) World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2013) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711610 on 2013-05-18