Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Heterorhabdidae > Genus Mesorhabdus

Mesorhabdus gracilis Sars G.O., 1907

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesorhabdus*	Sars G.O., 1905	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1907). Notes supplémentaires sur les Calanoïdes de la Princesse-Alice. (Corrections et additions). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 101:1-27. (30-iv-1907)
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1925). Copépodes particulièrement bathypélagiques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. [Particularly bathypelagic copepods from the scientific campaigns of Prince Albert I of Monaco.]. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 69(1924-1925): text= 1-408. (1925), pls. 1-127 (1924),.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
redescription	Park, T. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod Family Heterorhabdididae. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California. 31:1-269.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesorhabdus gracilis Sars G.O., 1907. 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:104590