WoRMS taxon details
Petalophthalmus armiger Willemoes-Suhm, 1875
120233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120233)
accepted
Species
Petalophthalmus pacificus Faxon, 1895 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
von Willemoes-Suhm, R. (1875). On some Atlantic Crustacea from the Challenger Expedition. <em>Trans. Linn. Soc. of Lond., Zool. I(Part the First).</em> 23-59, plates VI-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379067 [details]
Depth range 900-4500m
Depth range 900-4500m [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Petalophthalmus armiger Willemoes-Suhm, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120233 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
von Willemoes-Suhm, R. (1875). On some Atlantic Crustacea from the Challenger Expedition. <em>Trans. Linn. Soc. of Lond., Zool. I(Part the First).</em> 23-59, plates VI-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379067 [details]
original description (of Petalophthalmus pacificus Faxon, 1895) Faxon, W. (1895). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N. commanding. XV. The stalk-eyed Crustacea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1–292, pls. A–K, 1–57. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Brattegard, T. (2001). Mysidacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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.</em> 50: pp. 293-295. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Petalophthalmus pacificus Faxon, 1895) Faxon, W. (1895). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N. commanding. XV. The stalk-eyed Crustacea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1–292, pls. A–K, 1–57. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Brattegard, T. (2001). Mysidacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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.</em> 50: pp. 293-295. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Hendrickx, M.; Hernández-Payán, J. (2018). Redescription of the mysid Petalophthalmus armiger Willemoes-Suhm, 1875 (Crustacea: Mysida: Petalophthalmidae) and distribution off western Mexico. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4444(3): 283., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.4 [details]
redescription Sars, G. O. (1885). Report on the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 13 (part 37): 1-228, pl. 1-38., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-37/README.htm [details]
redescription Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
redescription Faxon, W. (1895). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N. commanding. XV. The stalk-eyed Crustacea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1–292, pls. A–K, 1–57. [details]
redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [details] Available for editors
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redescription Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman & J.D. Fulton (1986): Identification manual of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. - Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.Sci., 93: 1-411 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1929). Crustacea. Notes on Lancashire and Cheshire specimens. <em>Lancash. Chesh. Nat.</em> 12: 20-26. [details]
redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1939). The Euphausiacea and Mysidacea of the John Murray Expedition to the Indian Ocean. <em>Sci. Rep. John Murray Exped.</em> 5: 203-246. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Escobar-Briones, E.; Soto, L. A. (1991). Biogeografia de los Misidáceos (Crustacea: Peracarida) del Golfo de México. <em>Caribb. J. Sci.</em> 27 (1-2): 80-89. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Gordan, J. (1957). A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. <em>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 112 (4): 281-393. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Hansen, H. J. (1927). Sergestides et schizopodes. <em>In Expédition scientifique "Travaileur" et "Talisman" Paris, G. Mason.</em> 1-27. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Mauchline, J.; Murano, M. (1977). World list of the Mysidacea, Crustacea. <em>J. Tokyo Univ. Fish.</em> 64 (1): 39-88. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Pillai, N. K. (1965). A review of the work on the shallow water Mysidacea of the Indian waters. Proceedings of the symposium on Crustacea. Part V. 1681-1728. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Holt, E. W. L.; Tattersall, W. M. (1906). Schizopodous Crustacea from the north-east Atlantic slope. <em>Supplement. Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invest. 1904.</em> V: 1-50, plates I-V. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Zimmer C. (1909): Die nordischen Schizopoden. K. Brandt & C. Apstein (eds.), Nordisches Plankton. Lipsius und Tischler, Kiel und Leipzig, 6: 1-178 [details]
redescription Sars, G. O. (1885). Report on the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 13 (part 37): 1-228, pl. 1-38., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-37/README.htm [details]
redescription Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
redescription Faxon, W. (1895). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N. commanding. XV. The stalk-eyed Crustacea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1–292, pls. A–K, 1–57. [details]
redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [details] Available for editors

redescription Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman & J.D. Fulton (1986): Identification manual of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. - Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.Sci., 93: 1-411 [details] Available for editors

redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1929). Crustacea. Notes on Lancashire and Cheshire specimens. <em>Lancash. Chesh. Nat.</em> 12: 20-26. [details]
redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1939). The Euphausiacea and Mysidacea of the John Murray Expedition to the Indian Ocean. <em>Sci. Rep. John Murray Exped.</em> 5: 203-246. [details] Available for editors

redescription Escobar-Briones, E.; Soto, L. A. (1991). Biogeografia de los Misidáceos (Crustacea: Peracarida) del Golfo de México. <em>Caribb. J. Sci.</em> 27 (1-2): 80-89. [details] Available for editors

redescription Gordan, J. (1957). A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. <em>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 112 (4): 281-393. [details] Available for editors

redescription Hansen, H. J. (1927). Sergestides et schizopodes. <em>In Expédition scientifique "Travaileur" et "Talisman" Paris, G. Mason.</em> 1-27. [details] Available for editors

redescription Mauchline, J.; Murano, M. (1977). World list of the Mysidacea, Crustacea. <em>J. Tokyo Univ. Fish.</em> 64 (1): 39-88. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Pillai, N. K. (1965). A review of the work on the shallow water Mysidacea of the Indian waters. Proceedings of the symposium on Crustacea. Part V. 1681-1728. [details] Available for editors

redescription Holt, E. W. L.; Tattersall, W. M. (1906). Schizopodous Crustacea from the north-east Atlantic slope. <em>Supplement. Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invest. 1904.</em> V: 1-50, plates I-V. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Zimmer C. (1909): Die nordischen Schizopoden. K. Brandt & C. Apstein (eds.), Nordisches Plankton. Lipsius und Tischler, Kiel und Leipzig, 6: 1-178 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Tattersall, W.M.; Tattersall, O.S. (1951). The British Mysidacea. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 1-460, figs. 1-118. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Other
context source (Deepsea)
Petryashev V.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Mysida, Lophogastrida. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 183–191 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hanamura, Y.; Kase, T. (2002). Marine cave mysids of the genus Palaumysis (Crustacea: Mysidacea), with a description of a new species from the Philippines. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36: 253-263. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930010004241 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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 Pillai, N. K. (1965). A review of the work on the shallow water Mysidacea of the Indian waters. Proceedings of the symposium on Crustacea. Part V. 1681-1728. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Birstein, J.A. & Tchindonova, J.G. (1958). Glubokovodnye mizidy severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo Okeana (Deep-sea mysids of the northwest Pacific Ocean). <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii AN SSSr.</em> 27: 258-355. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sars, G.O. (1884). Preliminary notices on the Schizopoda of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1883 (7): 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43842640 [details]
additional source Tattersall, O. S. (1955). Mysidacea. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 28: 1-190. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman & J.D. Fulton (1986): Identification manual of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. - Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.Sci., 93: 1-411 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ledoyer, M. (1995). Mysidacés (Crustacea) de Kerguelen, Crozet et Bouvet (Océan Austral) récoltés par la Japonaise, le Marion-Dufresne (1972-82) et dans des contenus stomacaux d'oiseaux. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29: 601-618. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. [details]
additional source Price, W. W. and R. W. Heard. 2009. Mysida (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 929–939 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gordon, I. (1960) On a Stygiomysis from the West Indies, with a note on Spelaeogriphus (Crustacea, Peracarida). British Museum (Natural History) Bulletin, Zoology 6:283-324. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Casanova, J.-P. (1993). Crustacea Mysidacea: Les Mysidacés Lophogastrida et Mysida (Petalophthalmidae) de la région néo-calédonienne. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 156, 33-53. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Tattersall, O.S. 1968. A new species of Petalophthalmus (Mysidacea) based on specimens from off Puerto Rico, hitherto referred to Petalophthalmus oculatus.-- Journal of Zoology 155: 271-282. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zharkova, I.S. 1970. Reduction of the organs of vision in deep-sea mysids.-- Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49: 685-693. [details] Available for editors
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additional source BOUSQUETS, J.E.L. & SORIANO, E.G. &PAPAVERO N. (2000). Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de artropodos de Mexico: hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento Volumen II Volumen II: Percarida Chapter 9 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bravo, M. R.; Murano, M. (1997). Pseudopetalophthalmus japonicus, new genus, new species (Mysidacea: Petalophthalmidae). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 17(4): 725-732. [details] Available for editors
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additional source TATTERSALL, W.M. (1908). Crustacea VII. Schizopoda. In: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History. London, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 4: 1-42, 8 pls [details]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1925). Mysidacea and Euphasiacea of marine survey, South Africa. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Special Report.</em> 5: 1-12. [details] Available for editors
[request]

additional source Hanamura, Y.; Kase, T. (2002). Marine cave mysids of the genus Palaumysis (Crustacea: Mysidacea), with a description of a new species from the Philippines. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36: 253-263. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930010004241 [details] Available for editors

additional source 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

additional source Pillai, N. K. (1965). A review of the work on the shallow water Mysidacea of the Indian waters. Proceedings of the symposium on Crustacea. Part V. 1681-1728. [details] Available for editors

additional source Birstein, J.A. & Tchindonova, J.G. (1958). Glubokovodnye mizidy severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo Okeana (Deep-sea mysids of the northwest Pacific Ocean). <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii AN SSSr.</em> 27: 258-355. [details] Available for editors

additional source Sars, G.O. (1884). Preliminary notices on the Schizopoda of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1883 (7): 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43842640 [details]
additional source Tattersall, O. S. (1955). Mysidacea. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 28: 1-190. [details] Available for editors

additional source Kathman, R.D., W.C. Austin, J.C. Saltman & J.D. Fulton (1986): Identification manual of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea of the northeast Pacific. - Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat.Sci., 93: 1-411 [details] Available for editors

additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [details] Available for editors

additional source Ledoyer, M. (1995). Mysidacés (Crustacea) de Kerguelen, Crozet et Bouvet (Océan Austral) récoltés par la Japonaise, le Marion-Dufresne (1972-82) et dans des contenus stomacaux d'oiseaux. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29: 601-618. [details] Available for editors

additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. [details]
additional source Price, W. W. and R. W. Heard. 2009. Mysida (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 929–939 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gordon, I. (1960) On a Stygiomysis from the West Indies, with a note on Spelaeogriphus (Crustacea, Peracarida). British Museum (Natural History) Bulletin, Zoology 6:283-324. [details] Available for editors

additional source Casanova, J.-P. (1993). Crustacea Mysidacea: Les Mysidacés Lophogastrida et Mysida (Petalophthalmidae) de la région néo-calédonienne. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 156, 33-53. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Tattersall, O.S. 1968. A new species of Petalophthalmus (Mysidacea) based on specimens from off Puerto Rico, hitherto referred to Petalophthalmus oculatus.-- Journal of Zoology 155: 271-282. [details] Available for editors

additional source Zharkova, I.S. 1970. Reduction of the organs of vision in deep-sea mysids.-- Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49: 685-693. [details] Available for editors

additional source BOUSQUETS, J.E.L. & SORIANO, E.G. &PAPAVERO N. (2000). Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de artropodos de Mexico: hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento Volumen II Volumen II: Percarida Chapter 9 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bravo, M. R.; Murano, M. (1997). Pseudopetalophthalmus japonicus, new genus, new species (Mysidacea: Petalophthalmidae). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 17(4): 725-732. [details] Available for editors

additional source TATTERSALL, W.M. (1908). Crustacea VII. Schizopoda. In: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History. London, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 4: 1-42, 8 pls [details]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1925). Mysidacea and Euphasiacea of marine survey, South Africa. <em>Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Special Report.</em> 5: 1-12. [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Depth range 900-4500m [details]Habitat bathypelagic, apparently younger specimens inhabit lesser depths than older ones [details]
Length large species of up to 50mm length [details]