Die Mysidaceen-Sammlung am Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien: eine kritische Sichtung im Spiegel der Sammlungsgeschichte (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Mysidacea)

The Mysidacea collection in the Natural History Museum of Vienna (NHMW): a critical revision with reflections on its history. The collection dates back to 1831. It contains 241 determined series, belonging to 22 genera and to 50 species and subspecies. The classic collection comprises the types of Leptomysis truncata truncata and Spelaeomysis servatus. Syntypes of Mysis relicta, M. stenolepis, Neomysis americana, and Schistomysis kervillei were identified during the course of this study. The classic collection was mainly formed by acquisitions and by the exchange of materials with important European carcinologists, such as P. Roux, H.N. Kröyer, S. Lovén, A.M. Norman, and L. Fage; by research activities of Austrian scientists, such as C. Heller, C. Claus, H. Spandi, and O. Pesta; and by the "Pola" deep sea expeditions of 1890-1898 under the scientific direction of F. Steindachner. Recent acquisitions include the types of Leptomysis heterophila, L. lingvura adriatica, L. lingvura marioni, L. mediterranea atlantica, L. posidoniae, Mesopodopsis tropicalis, M. wooldridgei, Mysifaun erigens, Pyroleptomysis peresi, and P. rubra.