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

Mesochra aestuarii Gurney, 1921

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesochra*	Boeck, 1865	accepted genus name
*Apsteinia*	Schmeil, 1894	synonym

Children

Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921
Mesochra aestuarii baltica Schäfer, 1936

Literature

original description	Gurney, R. (1921). Two new British Entomostraca: Alona protzi, Hartwig, and a new species of Mesochra in Norfolk. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)7:236-243, figs. 1-3. (iii-1921)
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	Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 536 pp. (In Russian.).
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Sur divers Harpacticoïdes (Copépodes) de la mer Noire. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 190(1-2):88-110, figs. 1-22. (i/ii-1973).
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Harpacticoïdes des eaux saumâtres et des étangs cotières. [Harpacticoids of brackish waters and coastal ponds.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 191(3-4):281-294, figs. 1-10. (viii/ix-1973).
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Apport vers l'étude d'Harpacticoïdes pontiques habitant les algues marines. [Contribution to the study of Pontic Harpacticoids inhabiting marine algae. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 191(3-4):263-281, figs. 1-14. (viii/ix-1973).
additional source	Gündüz, E. (1989). A new record of Mesochra aestuarii Gurney, 1921 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) for Turkey. Doga Turk Zooloji Dergisi (Turkish Journal of Zoology) 13(3):228-232. (Turkish summary)
additional source	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra aestuarii Gurney, 1921. 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:115696

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Mesochra aestuarii Gurney, 1921. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3d3b610c-b635-40de-bd4a-91fbe66d63e6