WoRMS name details
Megalophthalmus fabricianus Leach, 1830
120068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120068)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Megalophthalmus Leach, 1830 accepted as Mysis Latreille, 1802
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W.E. (1830). On the genus Megalophthalmus, a new and very interesting genus, completely proving the theory of Jules-Caesar Savigny to be correct. <em>Transactions of the Plymouth Institution.</em> Vol. 1: 176-178., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5mAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA176 [details]
Status Introduced as a junior objective synonym of Cancer pedatus Fabricius, 1780, whose identity even at the ordinal level has...
Status Introduced as a junior objective synonym of Cancer pedatus Fabricius, 1780, whose identity even at the ordinal level has been questioned and remains unclear. Both suggested to be suppressed by the Plenary Powers. [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Megalophthalmus fabricianus Leach, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120068 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
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Leach, W.E. (1830). On the genus Megalophthalmus, a new and very interesting genus, completely proving the theory of Jules-Caesar Savigny to be correct. <em>Transactions of the Plymouth Institution.</em> Vol. 1: 176-178., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5mAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA176 [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]
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
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Holmquist, C. (1958). Proposed use of the Plenary Powers to validate neotype for the nominal species Cancer oculatus Fabricius (O.), 1780, to designate the species so named to be the type speciesof the genus Mysis Latreille [1802-1803] and matters incidential thereto. -. <em>Bull. zool. Nom., 16: 51-61.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1886 [details] Available for editors 
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Status Introduced as a junior objective synonym of Cancer pedatus Fabricius, 1780, whose identity even at the ordinal level has been questioned and remains unclear. Both suggested to be suppressed by the Plenary Powers. [details]
