Rhopalophthalmus africana
creator: Mees, Jan
creator: Väinölä, Risto
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Rhopalophthalmus africana O.S. Tattersall, 1957
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Rhopalophthalmus africana O.S. Tattersall, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226204 on 2026-08-02
created: 2006-05-10T17:31:07Z
is replaced by: 711610
modified: 2025-08-25T12:48:51Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Rhopalophthalmus africana O.S. Tattersall, 1957
accepted name usage ID: 711610
class: Malacostraca
family: Mysidae
genus: Rhopalophthalmus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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 ofa new species of Tenagomysis from Lagos, Nigeria. Proceedings of the Royal Society London. 129: 81-128.
name published in year: 1957
order: Mysida
parent name usage ID: 119904
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: O.S. Tattersall, 1957
specific epithet: africana
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet