North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

ERMS taxon details

Leptomysis gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1864)

Part: Total dorsal

AphiaID

120052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120052)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptomysis G.O. Sars, 1869

Original name

Mysis gracilis G.O. Sars, 1864

Synonymised names

Mysidopsis hispida Norman, 1869 · unaccepted

Mysis gracilis G.O. Sars, 1864 · unaccepted (basionym)

Mysis hispida (Norman, 1869) · unaccepted ((inadvertent) deviant combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Mysis gracilis G.O. Sars, 1864) Sars, G.O. (1864). Beretning om en i Sommeren 1863 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Christianias Stift. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 13: 225-260. (look up in RoR) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Leptomysis gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1864). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120052 on 2025-07-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Leptomysis gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1864). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120052 on 2025-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

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original description (of Mysis gracilis G.O. Sars, 1864) Sars, G.O. (1864). Beretning om en i Sommeren 1863 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Christianias Stift. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 13: 225-260. (look up in RoR) [details]

original description (of Mysidopsis hispida Norman, 1869) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869. pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922
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additional source Künne, C. 1939. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Mysideenfauna der südlichen Nordsee.-- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 72: 329-358. [details] Available for editors

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additional source BEAUDOUIN, J. (1979). Euphausicés, mysidacés, larves de décapodes du Golfe de Gascogne (plateau continentale) en 1971 et 1972. - Rev. Trav. Inst. Pêch. marit., 43 (4): 367-389 [details] Available for editors

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additional source COLOSI, G. (1930). Remarques sur la distribution horizontale et verticale des mysidés mediterranéens. - Bull. Soc. Océnogr. France, 10: 983-985 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Almeida Prado-Por, M.S. de. (1973). Distribution of Mysidacea (Crustacea) in the Cananeia region. -. Bolm. Fac. Fil. S. Paulo (Zool. & Biol. mar.), N.S. 30: 395-417. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hansen, H.J. (1910). Revideret Fortegnelse over Danmarks marine Arter af Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Cumacea, Mysidacea og Euphausiacea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistorisk Forening i København. 1909: 197-289., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35855695 [details]

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additional source MAUCHLINE, J. (1973). Intermoult growth of species of Mysidacea (Crustacea). - J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 53: 569-572. [development [details] Available for editors

additional source MAUCHLINE, J. (1973). The broods of British Mysidacea (Crustacea). - J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 53: 801-817. [development [details] Available for editors

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additional source Nouvel, H. (1973). Observations sur les mysidacés et quelques cumaces littoraux de la côte française du Golfe de Gascogne au sud de l'embouchure de la Gironde. Bull. Centre d'Etud. Rech.Sci., Biarritz. 9(2): 127-140. [details] Available for editors

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additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1949). Notes on Plymouth Mysidacea. - J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 28: 781-788 [details] Available for editors

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redescription 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

redescription Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869. pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [details]

redescription Russell, F.S. (1931). The vertical distribution of marine macroplankton. XI. Further observations on diurnal changes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series. 17(3):767-784. [details] Available for editors

redescription Lagardère, J.-P.; Nouvel, H. (1980). Les mysidacés du talus continental du golfe de Gascogne. 2. Familles des Lophogastridae, Eucopiidae et Mysidae (tribu des Erythropini exceptée). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 2(2): 375-412; 2 (3): 845-887. [details] Available for editors

redescription COLOSI, G. (1929). I Misidacei del Golfo di Napoli. Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli, 29: 405-441 [details] Available for editors

redescription Bacescu, M. (1941). Les Mysidacés des eaux méditerranéennes de la France (spécialement de Banyuls) et des eaux de Monaco. Bull. Inst. Océanogr. 795: 1-46. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

redescription Tattersall, W. M. (1938). The seasonal occurence of mysids off Plymouth. J. Mar. Biol. ASS: U.K. 23: 43-56. [details] Available for editors

redescription Mauchline, J.; Murano, M. (1977). World list of the Mysidacea, Crustacea. J. Tokyo Univ. Fish. 64 (1): 39-88. (look up in RoR) [details]

redescription Czerniavsky, V. (1882). Monographia Mysidarum inprimis Imperii Rossici. Fasc. 1, 2. Trudy Sankt-Peterburgskago Obshchestvo Estestvoispytatelei (Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St.-Pétersbourg). 12: 1-170; 13: 1-85, 4 pls., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=BXlBAQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PP6 [details]

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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 Makings, P. (1977). A guide to British coastal Mysidacea. Field Studies. 4: 575-595. [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Sars, G.O. (1869). Undersøgelser over Christiania-fjordens Dybvansfauna anstillede paa en i Sommeren 1868 foretagen Zoologisk Reise. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 16: 305-362. (look up in RoR) [details]

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identification resource Tattersall, W.M.; Tattersall, O.S. (1951). The British Mysidacea. Ray Society, London. 1-460, figs. 1-118. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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