Rhopalophthalmus macropsis Pillai, 1964

Yolanda, Rofiza, Ambarwati, Reni, Rahayu, Dwi Anggorowati, Budijastuti, Widowati, Fitrihidajati, Herlina, Kuntjoro, Sunu, Rachmadiarti, Fida & Purnomo, Tarzan, 2023, An annotated checklist of the species of Lopogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea Peracarida) from Thailand and its adjacent waters, Zootaxa 5244 (3), pp. 201-232 : 219

Rhopalophthalmus macropsis Pillai, 1964

Type locality. Arabia Sea ( Pillai 1964).

Record from Thailand. South-eastern Andaman Sea, next to Phuket Island ( Fukuoka & Murano 2002).

Habitat and depth. Marine, depth: 40 m ( Fukuoka & Murano 2002) .

Distribution. This species is known from Arabian Sea ( Pillai 1964), Japan ( Ii 1964), South China Sea ( Ii 1964; Wang & Liu 1994), Strait of Malacca ( Pillai 1973), East China Sea ( Wang & Liu 1997), and Andaman Sea ( Fukuoka & Murano 2002).

Remarks. Among the species of the genus Rhopalophthalmus , this species can be easily distinguished by the telson being moderate in length, posterior end including spinose apical setae falling far short of end of uropodal exopod; rudimentary endopod of male eighth thoracopod elongated, extending beyond basal plate of exopod ( Hanamura et al. 2011).