World list of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida

Mysidacea taxon details

Neomysis rayii (Murdoch, 1885)

AphiaID

226869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:226869)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Neomysis Czerniavsky, 1882

Original name

Mysis rayii Murdoch, 1885

Synonymised names

Mysis rayii Murdoch, 1885 · unaccepted (basionym)

Neomysis franciscana (Holmes, 1900) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Neomysis franciscorum Holmes, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Neomysis toion Derzhavin, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Mysis rayii Murdoch, 1885) Murdoch, J. (1885). Description of seven new species of Crustacea and one worm from Arctic Alaska. -. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7: 518-522., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306312 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 0-300m

Depth range 0-300m [details]

Distribution Widely distributed along the Pacific nm from Kamchatka through the Bering Sea and the adjacent Arctic seas, Alaska, British...

Distribution Widely distributed along the Pacific nm from Kamchatka through the Bering Sea and the adjacent Arctic seas, Alaska, British Columbia to California. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mees, J. & K. Meland (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Neomysis rayii (Murdoch, 1885). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/mysidacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226869 on 2026-06-13

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Mysis rayii Murdoch, 1885) Murdoch, J. (1885). Description of seven new species of Crustacea and one worm from Arctic Alaska. -. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7: 518-522., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306312 [details]

original description (of Neomysis toion Derzhavin, 1913) Derzhavin, A. N. (1913). Neue Mysiden von der Küste der Halbinsel Kamtschatka. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 43: 197-204., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30145090 [details]

original description (of Neomysis franciscorum Holmes, 1900) Holmes, S.J. (1900). Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences. 7: 1-262, pls. 1-4. (look up in IMIS) [details]

taxonomy 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 JAWED, M. (1969): Body nitrogen and nitrogenous excretion in Neomysis rayii Murdoch and Euphausia pacifica Hansen. - Limnol. Oceanogr., 14: 748-754, available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1969.14.5.0748 [details] Available for editors

additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors

additional source II, N. (1964). Fauna Japonica, Mysidae (Crustacea). Biogeogr. Soc. Japan. 610pp. [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Tattersall, W.M. 1933. Euphausiacea and Mysidacea from western Canada.-- Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries, N.S., 8 (15, Ser. A, General, No. 38): 1-25. [details] Available for editors

additional source Holmquist, C. 1973. Taxonomy, distribution and ecology of the three species Neomysis intermedia (Czerniavsky), N. awatschensis (Brandt) and N. mercedis Holmes (Crustacea, Mysidacea).-- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 100: 197-222. [details] Available for editors

additional source Banner, A. H. (1948). A taxonomic study of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the northeastern Pacific. Part II. Mysidacea from Tribe Mysini through subfamilly mysidellinae. Trans. Roy. Can. Inst. p 65-125. [details] Available for editors

additional source PARR, T.; DIENER, D. & LACY, S. (1978). Effects of beach replenishment on the nearshore sand fauna at Imperial beach, California Miscellaneous Report 78-4. U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort Belvoir. :, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.47745 [details] Available for editors

additional source Banner, A. H. (1948). A taxonomic study of the Mysidacea and Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the northeastern Pacific. Part I. Mysidacea, from family Lophogastridae through tribe Erythropini. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute. 26: 345-399 Plates I-IX. [details] Available for editors

additional source Banner, A. H. (1954). New records of Mysidacea and Euphausiacea from the northeastern Pacific and adjacent areas. Pac. Sci. 8: 125-139. [details] Available for editors

identification resource Daly, K. L.; Holmquist, C. (1986). A key to the Mysidacea of the Pacific northwest. Can. J. Zool. 64 (6): 1201-1210. [details] Available for editors

identification resource 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

Present

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Depth range 0-300m [details]

Distribution Widely distributed along the Pacific nm from Kamchatka through the Bering Sea and the adjacent Arctic seas, Alaska, British Columbia to California. [details]

Habitat coastal; tolerates low salinity [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Neomysis franciscorum Holmes, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Neomysis franciscorum Holmes, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mysis rayii Murdoch, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (74 records)
To ITIS

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