Taxonomy

WITTMANN, 2024c . A new species of Mysidopsis (Crustacea: Mysida) from the Canary and Cape Verde archipelagos. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12: e139475 (24 pp.). Open access at https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139475

WITTMANN, K.J.. & P. Wirtz, 2024 . An update on the genus Ischiomysis with a description of I. proincisa sp. nov. (Crustacea, Mysida) from a sublittoral marine cave in the Gulf of Guinea (tropical E-Atlantic). Zoosystematics and Evolution 100 (4): 1431–1442. Open access at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.130288

WITTMANN, K.J.., 2024b . Mysidae (Crustacea: Mysida) from sponges in sublittoral waters of Lizard Island (Indo-Pacific: Coral Sea), with description of Heteromysis kaufersteinae sp. nov., first record of H. domusmaris from nature, and range extension in Anchialina lobata.. Crustacean Research 53: 97-111. Open access at https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.53.0_97

WITTMANN, K.J.., 2024a . The Mysidae (Crustacea, Mysida) of the ANDEEP I–III expeditions to the Antarctic deep sea with description of twelve new species, establishment of four new genera and with world-wide keys to the species of Erythropinae and Mysidellinae. European Journal of Taxonomy 940 (1): 1–180. Open access at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.940.2577 

PISCART, C., A.I. CAMACHO, N. COINEAU, M. CHRISTODOULOU, G. MESSANA & K.J. WITTMANN 2024 (chapter eds). Chapter 7 - Class Malacostraca (subclass Eumalacostraca). In: A. MAASRI & J.H. THORP (book eds), Identification and Ecology of Freshwater Arthropods in the Mediterranean Basin: 157-223. (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821844-0.00018-1

WITTMANN, K.J.., 2023b. Subchapter 7.7. Orders Mysida and Stygiomysida. In: PISCART, C., A.I. CAMACHO, N. COINEAU, M. CHRISTODOULOU, G. MESSANA & K.J. WITTMANN (chapter eds). Chapter 7 - Class Malacostraca (subclass Eumalacostraca). In: A. MAASRI & J.H. THORP (volume eds), Identification and Ecology of Freshwater Arthropods in the Mediterranean Basin: 209-217. (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821844-0.00018-1

WITTMANN, K.J.., 2023a. The genus Parapseudomma from the E-Atlantic deep sea, with description of a new species (Mysida: Mysidae). Nauplius, 30: e2023013 (pp. 1-17).  https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023013

WITTMANN, K.J., 2022. The Petalophthalmidae (Crustacea: Mysida) of the ANDEEP I–III expeditions to the Antarctic deep sea, with description of a new species and first record of photophores in mysids. Crustacean Research, 51: 55-89. https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.51.0_55 

WITTMANN, K.J.  & P. CHEVALDONNÉ, 2021. First report of the order Mysida (Crustacea) in Antarctic marine ice caves, with description of a new species of Pseudomma and investigations on the taxonomy, morphology and life habits of Mysidetes species:  ZooKeys ,1079: 145–227; Suppl.  https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.76412

WITTMANN, K.J., D. ABED-NAVANDI, M. DUBOIS & P. CHEVALDONNÉ, 2021.Three new species of Heteromysis (Crustacea: Mysida) from coral reef aquaria in Florida and Central Europe. Zootaxa, 4980 (3): 490–520. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.3

WITTMANN, K.J. & D. ABED-NAVANDI, 2021. Four new species of Heteromysis (Crustacea: Mysida) from public aquaria in Hawaii, Florida, and Western to Central Europe . European Journal of Taxonomy. European Journal of Taxonomy, 735: 133-175.  https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.735.1247. Supplementary file: Video clip available at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.735.1247.3651

WITTMANN, K.J., 2020d. Addenda to the Lophogastrida and Mysida of the "Valdivia" Expedition 1898-1899, with description of a new species of Longithorax Illig, 1906 and range extension in Echinomysis chuni Illig, 1905 (Crustacea: Malacostraca). Spixiana. Zeitschrift für Zoologie, 43 (1): 81-92. http://www.zsm.mwn.de/die-zsm/spixiana/archiv/ 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2020c. Lophogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea) of the "DIVA-1" deep-sea expedition to the Angola Basin (SE-Atlantic).  European Journal of Taxonomy, 628: 1-43. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.628 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2020b. Heteromysis (Heteromysis) abednavandii sp.n.: a new species from coral reef aquaria in the Aqua Terra Zoo, Vienna, Austria (Mysida, Mysidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, ser. B, 122: 141–158. 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2020a. Revision of the genus Parvimysis (Mysida, Mysidae) with descriptions of five new species from coastal waters of the Caribbean. Zootaxa, 4742 (1): 001–030. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4742.1.1 

WITTMANN, K.J. & D. ABED-NAVANDI, 2019. A new species of Heteromysis (Mysida: Mysidae) from public coral reef aquaria in Vienna, Austria. Crustacean Research, 48: 81-97. https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.48.0_81 

WITTMANN, K.J. & P. WIRTZ, 2019. Revision of the amphiamerican genus Mysidium Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae), with descriptions of two new species and establishment of two new subgenera. European Journal of Taxonomy, 495: 1–48.  https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.495 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2018. Six new freshwater species of Parvimysis, with notes on breeding biology, statolith composition, and a key to the Mysidae (Mysida) of Amazonia. Crustaceana, 91 (5): 537-576. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003782 

WITTMANN, K.J. & C.L. GRIFFITHS, 2018. A new species of Mysidopsis G. O. Sars, 1864 from the Atlantic coast of South Africa, with supplementary descriptions of two other species and notes on colour and feeding apparatus (Mysida: Mysidae: Leptomysinae: Mysidopsini). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38 (2): 215–234. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux118 

WITTMANN, K.J. & C.L. GRIFFITHS, 2017. Three new species of Heteromysis (Mysida, Mysidae, Heteromysini) from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, with first documentation of a mysid-cephalopod association. ZooKeys, 685: 15-47. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.685.13890 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2017a. The genus Surinamysis (Mysida, Mysidae, Diamysini) from Amazonia and the coast of Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. Crustaceana 90 (3): 359-380. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003645

WITTMANN, K.J. & P. WIRTZ, 2017. Heteromysis sabelliphila sp. nov. (Mysida: Mysidae: Heteromysinae) in facultative association with sabellids from the Cape Verde Islands (subtropical N.E. Atlantic). Crustaceana, 90 (2): 131-151. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003624

WITTMANN, K.J. & P.  CHEVALDONNÉ, 2016. Description of Heteromysis (Olivemysis) ekamako sp. nov. (Mysida, Mysidae, Heteromysinae) from a marine cave at Nuku Hiva Island (Marquesas, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean). Marine Biodiversity, (2016): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0522-1 

WITTMANN, K.J., A.P. ARIANI & M. DANELIYA, 2016. The Mysidae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Mysida) in fresh and oligohaline waters of the Mediterranean. Taxonomy, biogeography, and bioinvasion. Zootaxa, 4142 (1): 1-70. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4142.1.1 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2016. Description of Idiomysis diadema sp. nov. (Mysida, Mysidae, Anisomysini), associated with Diadema urchins in the Red Sea; with nomenclatorial notes on its genus. Crustaceana, 89 (5): 611-623. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003542 

MELAND, K., J. MEES, M. PORTER & K.J. WITTMANN, 2015. Taxonomic review of the orders Mysida and Stygiomysida (Crustacea, Peracarida). PLoS ONE, 10 (4): e0124656. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0124656. Open access at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124656 

WITTMANN, K.J. & C.L. GRIFFITHS, 2014. Description of the 'stargazer mysid' Mysidopsis zsilaveczi sp. nov. (Mysida: Mysidae: Leptomysinae) from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Crustaceana, 87 (11-12): 1411-1429. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003364 

WITTMANN, K.J., A.P. ARIANI & J.-P. LAGARDÈRE, 2014. Orders Lophogastrida Boas, 1883, Stygiomysida Tchindonova, 1981, and Mysida Boas, 1883 (also known collectively as Mysidacea). In: J.C. von Vaupel Klein, M. Charmantier-Daures & F.R. Schram (eds.), Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea. Revised and updated, as well as extended from the Traité de Zoologie, Vol. 4 Part B (54): 189-396, colour plates: 404-406. (Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, ISBN: 9789004264922). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004264939_006

WITTMANN, K.J., 2013b. Mysids associated with sea anemones from the tropical Atlantic: descriptions of Ischiomysis new genus, and two new species in this taxon (Mysida: Mysidae: Heteromysinae). Crustaceana, 86 (4): 487-506. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003166 

WITTMANN, K.J. & A.P. ARIANI, 2012b. The species complex of Diamysis Czerniavsky, 1882, in fresh-waters of the Adriatic basin (NE Mediterranean), with descriptions of D. lacustris Băcescu, 1940, new rank, and D. fluviatilis sp. nov. (Mysida, Mysidae). Crustaceana, 85 (14): 1745-1779. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003136 

WITTMANN, K.J. & R. RIERA, 2012. Check-list and account of the Lophogastrida (Crustacea, Peracarida) from the Canary Islands with notes on taxonomy and biogeography of the species. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, XXIV (3): 63-80. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276292916 

WITTMANN, K.J. & A.P. ARIANI, 2012a. Diamysis cymodoceae sp. nov. from the Mediterranean, Marmora, and Black Sea basins, with notes on geographical distribution and ecology of the genus (Mysida, Mysidae). Crustaceana, 85 (3): 301-332.  https://doi.org/10.1163/156854012X623719 

WITTMANN, K.J. & A.P. ARIANI, 2011. An adjusted concept for a problematic taxon, Paramysis festae Colosi, 1921, with notes on morphology, biomineralogy, and biogeography of the genus Paramysis Czerniavsky, 1882 (Mysida: Mysidae). Crustaceana, 84 (7): 849-868. https://doi.org/10.1163/001121611X574272 

WITTMANN, K.J., F. HERNÁNDEZ & A. DE VERA, 2009. Pelagic mysids from the warm-temperate to subtropical NE Atlantic, with a redescription of Leptomysis capensis Illig, 1906 (Mysida, Mysidae). Vieraea: Folia scientiarum biologicarum canariensium, 37: 141-158.

PETRESCU, I. & K.J. WITTMANN, 2009. Catalogue of the Mysida type collection (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the „Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucureşti). Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle «Grigore Antipa», 52: 53-72. https://www.travaux.ro/web/pdf/428-53-72.pdf 

WITTMANN, K.J., 2009. Revalidation of Chlamydopleon aculeatum Ortmann, 1893, and its consequences for the taxonomy of Gastrosaccinae (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae) endemic to coastal waters of America. Zootaxa, 2115: 21–33. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.187980. Published online 22 May 2009 at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02115.html https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.187980

WITTMANN, K.J., 2008a. Two new species of Heteromysini (Mysida, Mysidae) from the Island of Madeira (N.E. Atlantic), with notes on sea anemone and hermit crab commensalisms in the genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873. Crustaceana, 81 (3): 351-374. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008783564037 

WITTMANN, K. J., 2004: Retromysis nura new genus and species (Mysidacea, Mysidae, Heteromysini) from a superficial marine cave in Minorca (Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Sea). Crustaceana, 77 (7): 769-783. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854004774248672 

WITTMANN, K. J., F. HERNÁNDEZ, J. DÜRR, E. TEJERA, J. A. GONZÁLEZ & S. JIMÉNEZ, 2004: The epi- to bathypelagic Mysidacea (Peracarida) off the Selvagens, Canary, and Cape Verde Islands (NE Atlantic), with first description of the male of Longithorax alicei H. Nouvel, 1942. Crustaceana, 76 (10): 1257-1280. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854003773123483 

PETRESCU, I. & K. J. WITTMANN, 2003: Elements for a revision and notes on bionomy of the Cumacea (Crustacea, Peracarida) of the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). Material collected by the Expedition ANTARKTIS-VIII/5 of R.V. "Polarstern" 1989/90. Zoologische Mededelingen, 77 (34): 557-630. Open access at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/44296 

ARIANI, A. P. & K. J. WITTMANN, 2002: The transition from an epigean to a hypogean mode of life: morphological and bionomical characteristics of Diamysis camassai sp. nov. (Mysidacea, Mysidae) from brackish-water dolinas in Apulia, SE-Italy. Crustaceana, 74 (11): 1241-1265. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685400152885219 

WITTMANN, K. J., 2001: Centennial Changes in the Near-Shore Mysid Fauna of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea), with Description of Heteromysis riedli sp. n. (Crustacea, Mysidacea). P.S.Z.N.: Marine Ecology, 22 (1-2): 85-109. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2001.00741.x 

ARIANI, A. P. & K. J. WITTMANN, 2000: Interbreeding versus morphological and ecological differentiation in Mediterranean Diamysis (Crustacea, Mysidacea), with description of four new taxa. Hydrobiologia, 441: 185-236. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017598204238 

WITTMANN, K. J. 2000: Heteromysis arianii sp.n., a new benthic mysid (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from coralloid habitats in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 102B: 279-290. http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_102B_0279-0290.pdf 

WITTMANN, K. J. & A. P. ARIANI, 1998: Diamysis bacescui n.sp., a new benthopelagic mysid (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Mediterranean seagrass meadows: description and comments on statolith composition. Travaux du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle «Grigore Antipa», 40: 35-49. 

WITTMANN, K. J. & P. WIRTZ, 1998: A first inventory of the mysid fauna (Crustacea: Mysidacea) in coastal waters of the Madeira and Canary archipelagos. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, Sup. No. 5: 511-533. 

WITTMANN, K. J. & V. STAGL, 1996: Die Mysidaceen-Sammlung am Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien: eine kritische Sichtung im Spiegel der Sammlungsgeschichte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 98B: 157-191. 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1996a: Morphological and reproductive adaptations in Antarctic meso- to bathypelagic Mysidacea (Crustacea), with description of Mysifaun erigens n.g. n. sp. In: F. UIBLEIN, J. OTT & M. STACHOWITSCH (Eds), Deep-sea and extreme shallow-water habitats: affinities and adaptations. - Biosystematics and Ecology Series, 11: 221-231. 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1992b: Morphogeographic variations in the genus Mesopodopsis Czerniavsky, with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Hydrobiologia, 241: 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008261

WITTMANN, K. J., 1992a: Cyclomorphosis in temperate zone Mysidacea: evidence and possible adaptive and taxonomical significance. In: KÖHN J. & M.B. JONES & A. MOFFAT (Eds.), Taxonomy, Biology and Ecology of (Baltic) Mysids (Mysidacea, Crustacea). Rostock Univ. Press: 25-32. 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1991: Systematisch-faunistische und biomineralogische Untersuchungen an Mysidacea (Crustacea) des Weddellmeeres. Berichte zur Polarforschung, 86: 37-40. 

EMSCHERMANN, P., W. KLEPAL, F. KRAPP, S. STEINER & K. J. WITTMANN, 1991: Systematische und faunistische Bestandsaufnahme des Benthos des Weddellmeeres. Berichte zur Polarforschung, 86: 30-31 .

WITTMANN, K. J., A. P. ARIANI & A. STANZIONE, 1990: Implicazioni tassonomiche ed ecologiche di alcune caratteristiche biometriche degli statoliti dei Misidacei. Oebalia, Suppl. 16-2: 805-807. 

WITTMANN, K. J. & A. P. ARIANI, 1986: Importance of statoliths for studies of mysid ecology, palaeontology, and systematics. Abstract. Workshop of the Mysid Research Group, Stockholm. p. 1 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1986d: A revision of the genus Paraleptomysis Liu & Wang (Crustacea: Mysidacea). Sarsia, 71: 147-160. DOI:10.1080/00364827.1986.10419677.

WITTMANN, K. J., 1986c: Redescription of the mysid crustacean, Notomysis australiensis (Tattersall) comb. nov., representative of a new genus. Records of the South Australian Museum, 19 (10): 139-143. 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1986b: Untersuchungen zur Lebensweise und Systematik von Leptomysis truncata und zwei verwandten Formen (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 87B: 295-323, Taf. 1. 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1986a: Saisonale und morphogeographische Differenzierung bei Leptomysis lingvura und zwei verwandten Spezies (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 87B: 265-294, Taf. 1, 2. 

WITTMANN, K. J., 1985: Freilanduntersuchungen zur Lebensweise von Pyroleptomysis rubra, einer neuen bentho-pelagischen Mysidacee aus dem Mittelmeer und dem Roten Meer. Crustaceana, 48(2): 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854085X00846