WoRMS taxon details
Antarctomysis maxima (Holt & Tattersall, 1906)
226680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:226680)
accepted
Species
Mysis australe O. Tattersall, 1955 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mysis maxima Holt & Tattersall, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mysis maxima Holt & Tattersall, 1906) Holt, E.; Tattersall, W. (1906). Preliminary notice of the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. 'Discovery' in the Antarctic Region. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7.</em> 17(97): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562484 [details] 
Depth range 30-500m
Depth range 30-500m [details]
Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Antarctomysis maxima (Holt & Tattersall, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226680 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mysis australe O. Tattersall, 1955) Tattersall, O. S. (1955). Mysidacea. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 28: 1-190. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Mysis maxima Holt & Tattersall, 1906) Holt, E.; Tattersall, W. (1906). Preliminary notice of the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. 'Discovery' in the Antarctic Region. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7.</em> 17(97): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562484 [details]
[request]original description (of Mysis maxima Holt & Tattersall, 1906) Holt, E.; Tattersall, W. (1906). Preliminary notice of the Schizopoda collected by H.M.S. 'Discovery' in the Antarctic Region. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7.</em> 17(97): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930608562484 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Hansen, H.J. (1913): Report on the Crustacea Schizopoda collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, under the charge of Baron Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld. Copenhagen, G.E.C., Gad, 56pp [details]
additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gordan, J. (1957). A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. <em>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 112 (4): 281-393. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tattersall, O. S. (1955). Mysidacea. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 28: 1-190. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1918). Euphausiacea and Mysidacea. <em>Sci. Rep. Australas. Antarct. Exped., ser. C.-Zool. Bot.</em> 5: 1-15. [details]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schlacher, T. A.; Wittmann, K. J.; Ariani, A. P. (1992). Comparative morphology and actuopalaeontology of mysid statoliths (Crustacea, Mysidacea). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 112: 67-79. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ledoyer, M. (1989). Mysidacea et Caridea (Crustacea) de la Campagne MD 42/SIBEX du Marion-Dufresne entre les Iles Kerguelen et la Baie Prydz (Antarctique) Mésogée 49: 67-70 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ledoyer, M. (1990). Mysidacea (Crustacea) de la campagne "EPOS 3" en mer de Weddell, Antarctique. <em>Mesogée.</em> 50: 37-44. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tattersall O.S. (1965). The fauna of the Ross Sea. 4. Mysidacea. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin, 167, 9-25. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brandt, A.; Mühlenhardt-siegel, U.; Siegel, V. (1998). An account of the Mysidacea (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of the Southern Ocean. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 10(1): 3-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gutt, J.; Sirenko, B. I.; Arntz, W. E.; Smirnov, I. S.; De Broyer, C. (2000). Biodiversity of the Weddell Sea: Macrozoobenthic species (demersal fish included) sampled during the expedition ANT XIII/3 (EASIZ I) with RV "Polarstern". <em>Berichte zur Polarforschung.</em> 372: 1-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mauchline, J. (1972). The biology of bathypelagic organisms, especially Crustacea. Deep-Sea Research 19(11):753-780, figs. 1-11, tabs. 1-4. (xi-1972) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. [details]
additional source Mees, J.; Abdulkerim, Z.; Hamerlynck, O. (1994). Life history, growth and production of Neomysis integer in the Westerschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 109, 43-57. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Astthorson, O. S. (1984). The distribution and biology of mysids in Icelandic subarctic waters as demonstrated by analysis of cod stomach contents. <em>Sarsia.</em> 69 (2): 107-116. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bluhm, B. A.; Brey, T.; Klages, M. (2001). The autofluorescent age pigment lipofuscin: key to age, growth and productivity of the Antarctic amphipod Waldeckia obesa (Chevreux, 1905). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 258: 215-235. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fenton, G.E. (1985). <i>Tasmanomysis oculata</i> n.g. n.sp. from Tasmania waters (Crustacea: Mysidacea: Mysini). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 124(2): 123-127. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1957). Discovery reports issued by the national Institute of Oceanography Cambridge University press volume XXVII [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1961). Report on some Mysidacea from the deeper waters of the Ross Sea. - Proc. zool. Soc. London, 137: 553-571 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source TATTERSALL, W.M. (1908). Crustacea VII. Schizopoda. In: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History. London, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 4: 1-42, 8 pls [details]
additional source WITTMAN, K.J. (1991). Systematisch-faunistische und biomineralogische Untersuchungen an Mysidaece (Crustacea) des Weddellmeeres Ber. Polarforsch 86: 37-40 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hansen, H.J. (1913): Report on the Crustacea Schizopoda collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, under the charge of Baron Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld. Copenhagen, G.E.C., Gad, 56pp [details]
additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gordan, J. (1957). A bibliography of the order Mysidacea. <em>Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 112 (4): 281-393. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tattersall, O. S. (1955). Mysidacea. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 28: 1-190. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1918). Euphausiacea and Mysidacea. <em>Sci. Rep. Australas. Antarct. Exped., ser. C.-Zool. Bot.</em> 5: 1-15. [details]
additional source Tattersall, W. M. (1951). A review of the Mysidacea of the United States National Museum. <em>Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 201: 1-292., available online at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=-vhMAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book--vhMAAAAYAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schlacher, T. A.; Wittmann, K. J.; Ariani, A. P. (1992). Comparative morphology and actuopalaeontology of mysid statoliths (Crustacea, Mysidacea). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 112: 67-79. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ledoyer, M. (1989). Mysidacea et Caridea (Crustacea) de la Campagne MD 42/SIBEX du Marion-Dufresne entre les Iles Kerguelen et la Baie Prydz (Antarctique) Mésogée 49: 67-70 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ledoyer, M. (1990). Mysidacea (Crustacea) de la campagne "EPOS 3" en mer de Weddell, Antarctique. <em>Mesogée.</em> 50: 37-44. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tattersall O.S. (1965). The fauna of the Ross Sea. 4. Mysidacea. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin, 167, 9-25. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brandt, A.; Mühlenhardt-siegel, U.; Siegel, V. (1998). An account of the Mysidacea (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of the Southern Ocean. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 10(1): 3-11. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gutt, J.; Sirenko, B. I.; Arntz, W. E.; Smirnov, I. S.; De Broyer, C. (2000). Biodiversity of the Weddell Sea: Macrozoobenthic species (demersal fish included) sampled during the expedition ANT XIII/3 (EASIZ I) with RV "Polarstern". <em>Berichte zur Polarforschung.</em> 372: 1-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mauchline, J. (1972). The biology of bathypelagic organisms, especially Crustacea. Deep-Sea Research 19(11):753-780, figs. 1-11, tabs. 1-4. (xi-1972) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. [details]
additional source Mees, J.; Abdulkerim, Z.; Hamerlynck, O. (1994). Life history, growth and production of Neomysis integer in the Westerschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 109, 43-57. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Astthorson, O. S. (1984). The distribution and biology of mysids in Icelandic subarctic waters as demonstrated by analysis of cod stomach contents. <em>Sarsia.</em> 69 (2): 107-116. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bluhm, B. A.; Brey, T.; Klages, M. (2001). The autofluorescent age pigment lipofuscin: key to age, growth and productivity of the Antarctic amphipod Waldeckia obesa (Chevreux, 1905). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 258: 215-235. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fenton, G.E. (1985). <i>Tasmanomysis oculata</i> n.g. n.sp. from Tasmania waters (Crustacea: Mysidacea: Mysini). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 124(2): 123-127. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1957). Discovery reports issued by the national Institute of Oceanography Cambridge University press volume XXVII [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1961). Report on some Mysidacea from the deeper waters of the Ross Sea. - Proc. zool. Soc. London, 137: 553-571 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source TATTERSALL, W.M. (1908). Crustacea VII. Schizopoda. In: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History. London, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 4: 1-42, 8 pls [details]
additional source WITTMAN, K.J. (1991). Systematisch-faunistische und biomineralogische Untersuchungen an Mysidaece (Crustacea) des Weddellmeeres Ber. Polarforsch 86: 37-40 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 30-500m [details]Habitat is gregarious in habit and mesopelagic; grey clay with stones; clay withalgae; clay with pebbles [details]
Remark a very large species of up to 77mm total length; one of the commonest species in the Antarctic [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mysis australe O. Tattersall, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antarctomysis maxima)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mysis australe O. Tattersall, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antarctomysis maxima)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
