WoRMS name details
Mysis pedata (Fabricius, 1780)
456716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456716)
uncertain > nomen dubium (species inquirenda)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details] 
Taxonomy Described as Cancer pedatus Fabricius, 1780, in parallel with the description of Cancer oculatus [=Mysis oculata...
Taxonomy Described as Cancer pedatus Fabricius, 1780, in parallel with the description of Cancer oculatus [=Mysis oculata (Fabricius, 1780)], as a mass species in Greenland waters and an important prey of cetaceans. The identity of the species remains unclear. [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Mysis pedata (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456716 on 2026-08-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
basis of record Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p.
note: Listed as synonym of Mysis mixta (with no reference or authorship) [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Gerstaecker, A. & A.E. Ortmann. (1901). Unterordung Schizopoda. In: Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Arthropoden wissenschaftlich vorgestellt in Wort und Bild. Crrustacea. Malacostraca. vol. 5, Abt. 1, pt. 2, pp. 602-686. Leipzig, C.F. Winter'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung,., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1918865
page(s): 672; note: "Mysis (?) pedata Fab." [details]
basis of record Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p.
note: Listed as synonym of Mysis mixta (with no reference or authorship) [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Gerstaecker, A. & A.E. Ortmann. (1901). Unterordung Schizopoda. In: Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Arthropoden wissenschaftlich vorgestellt in Wort und Bild. Crrustacea. Malacostraca. vol. 5, Abt. 1, pt. 2, pp. 602-686. Leipzig, C.F. Winter'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung,., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1918865
page(s): 672; note: "Mysis (?) pedata Fab." [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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 [request]
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additional source
Gordan, J. (1957). A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. <em>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 112 (4): 281-393.
note: In the bibliography, listed as synonym of Mysis mixta, referring to Gerstaecker & Ortmann (1901), which did not suggest synonymy. however. [details] Available for editors [request]
note: In the bibliography, listed as synonym of Mysis mixta, referring to Gerstaecker & Ortmann (1901), which did not suggest synonymy. however. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Described as Cancer pedatus Fabricius, 1780, in parallel with the description of Cancer oculatus [=Mysis oculata (Fabricius, 1780)], as a mass species in Greenland waters and an important prey of cetaceans. The identity of the species remains unclear. [details]
