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REPORT ON A COLLECTION OF MYSIDACEA FROM SOUTH AFRICAN OFF‐SHORE AND COASTAL WATERS (1957–59) AND FROM ZANZIBAR (1961)
Author(s) -
TATTERSALL OLIVE S.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01828.x
Subject(s) - mysidacea , geography , genus , key (lock) , ecology , identification key , shore , crustacean , fishery , zoology , biology
A list of species in the collection is given. Four of these are already known from S. African coasts; two, Anchialina typica (Kröyer) and Euchaetomera typica G. O. Sars, are new records for the region; two others, Siriella pondoensis and Mysidopsis eremita are new to science and are fully described and figured. Three rare species of Heteromysis—H. harpax (Hilgendorf), commensal with species of hermit crabs, H. gymnura W. M. Tattersall, captured in association with an ophiuroid and H. zeylanica found within the central cavity of a sponge are recorded from Zanzibar, the first record of the two latter from African waters. Additional notes, with figures, are given of their morphology and ecology, the distribution of the genus discussed and a key for the identification of its species given.