Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Cyclopida > Family Cyclopidae > Subfamily Cyclopinae

Mesocyclops Sars G.O., 1914

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesocyclops (Mesocyclops)*	Kiefer, 1929	synonym
*Mesocyclops (Mesocyclops)*	Alekseev, 2020	synonym

Children

Mesocyclops (Mesocyclops) leuckarti (Claus, 1857)
Mesocyclops aequatorialis Kiefer, 1929
Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu, 1943

Literature

original description	Kiefer, F. (1929). Zur Kenntnis einiger Artgruppen der Süsswasser-Cyclopiden. [On the knowledge of some species groups of freshwater cyclopoids.]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 133:1-56, figs. 1-61. [for 1928].
basis of record	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1981). Beitrag zur Kenntnis von Morphologie, Taxonomie und geographischer Verbreitung von Mesocyclops leuckarti auctorum. [Contribution to the knowledge of morphology, taxonomy and geographical distribution of Mesocyclops leuckarti.]. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplementband. 62(1) (= Monographische Beiträge):148-190, figs. 1-15 (Nachtrag: 190, fig. 16). (English summary).
additional source	Tran Duc Luong, Dang Ngoc Thanh, Ho Thanh Hai. (2020). The freshwater copepod genus Mesocyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) in Vietnam. Academia Journal of Biology / Tap Chi Sinh Hoc (Journal of Biology). 42(4):1-16.
additional source	Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
additional source	Ashraf Mayan, V.K. (2014). Systematics and ecology of fresh water copepods. University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala, India. 257 pp. + 35 unpaginated plates.
additional source	Alekseev, V.R. (2020). Revision of the genus Mesocyclops Sars 1914 (Copepoda. Cyclopidae) of the world fauna. РЕВИЗИЯ РОДА MESOCYCLOPS SARS 1914 (COPEPODA, CYCLOPIDAE) МИРОВОЙ ФАУНЫ. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 99(12):1323-1344. [In Russian; English abstract].
additional source	Coker, R.E. (1945). Copepods of the genus Mesocyclops Sars. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 48:107-109.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1960). A review of the subgenus Thermocyclops Kiefer of the genus Mesocyclops Sars, with a description of a new form of Mesocyclops (Thermocyclops) schmeili Poppe and Mrázek (Crustacea: Copepoda). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 55:69-119, figs. 1-5. ('For the year 1957.') (puyblished in 26-ix-1960).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1930). Ein neuer Mesocyclops aus Java. Mit einer Bestimmungsschlüssel für alle bekannten Mesocyclops-Arten. (3. Mitteilung über die Cyclopiden der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition). [A new Mesocyclops from Java. With a key to all known Mesocyclops species. (3rd report on the Cyclopids of the German Limnological Sunda Expedition).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 90(3-4):86-92, figs. 1-20. (1-viii-1930).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
additional source	Ulomsky, S.N. (1973). On the ecology of species belonging to the genus Mesocyclops Sars (Crustacea, Copepoda) dwelling in the water-bodies of the Urals and Pri-Ural territory. [Translation from: Zoologicheskie Zhurnal ] Freshwater Biological Association Translations (New Series) 65. translation by I. Pettman, 1973. 44(1) 127-130, 1965.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesocyclops Sars G.O., 1914. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156881

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Mesocyclops Sars G.O., 1914. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b66206ee-7405-4c72-834a-0ae92b9a6531