Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Pseudotachidiidae > Subfamily Pseudomesochrinae

Pseudomesochra Scott T., 1902

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stenheliopsis*	Sars G.O., 1906	synonym

Children

Pseudomesochra aberrans Bodin, 1968
Pseudomesochra abyssalis Becker & Schriever, 1979
Pseudomesochra beckeri Becker & Schriever, 1979
Pseudomesochra brucei (Scott T. & Scott A., 1901)
Pseudomesochra divaricata (Sars G.O., 1906)
Pseudomesochra latifurca (Sars G.O., 1911)
Pseudomesochra longifurcata Scott T., 1902
Pseudomesochra media (Sars G.O., 1911)
Pseudomesochra perplexa Bodin, 1968
Pseudomesochra scheibeli Schriever, 1982
Pseudomesochra similis Lang, 1936
Pseudomesochra tatianae Drzycimski, 1968

Literature

original description	Scott, T. (1902). Notes on gatherings of Crustacea collected by the Fishery Steamer 'Garland' and the steam trawlers 'Star of Peace' and 'Star of Hope', of Aberdeen, during the year 1901. Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh 20(3):447-484, pls. 22-25.
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.
source of synonymy	Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudomesochra Scott T., 1902. 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:115297