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 lilljeborgii Boeck, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
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	Colom, G. (1957). Biogeografia de las Baleares (La Formacion de las Islas y el origin de su flora y de su fauna.). Estudio General Lu Liano de Mallorca, Serie ceintifica. 1:1-568, figs. 1-119.
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.
additional source	Apostolov, A. (2021). Les Harpacticoïdes (Crustacea, Copepoda) de la côte Atlantique et les eaux intérieures de l'Islande. Maison d'edition Libra Scorp, Bulgaria. 303 pp.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1960). Notizen zur Copepodenfauna Nordwestdeutschlands. [Notes on the copepod fauna of northwest Germany.]. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen. 35(3):438-449, figs. 1-32. (31-iii-1960).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 2:1-182, pls. 34-82.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
additional source	Lang, K. (1936). Undersökningar över Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticiden aus dem Öresund. [Surveys over the Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticide aus dem Öresund.]. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, new series,. 46(8):1-52, figs. 1-148. [Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, N.F. 2(31)8:1-52.].
additional source	Chusova, E.A. (1980). Mikroraspredelenie raznykh stadii Mesochra lilljeborgi Boeck i Stenhelia palustris Brady (Harpacticoida) v verkhnem gorizonte peschanoi litorali kisloi guby Kandalakhskogo zaliva Belogo morya. [Microdistribution of different stages of Mesochra lilljeborgi Boeck and Stenhelia palustris Brady (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) in the upper sandy intertidal zone in the Kislaya inlet of Kandalaksha Bay (White Sea).]. Trudy Belomorskoi Biologii Stantsii M.G.U. 5: 93-102, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-2. (21-ii-1980, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer. Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe. 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Kunz, H. (1963). Weitere Harpacticoiden (Crustacea Copepoda) von der süd-westafrikanischen Küste. [More harpacticoids (Crustacea Copepoda) from the south-west African coast.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 171(1-4):33-51, figs. 1-69, tabs. 1-3. (vii/viii-1963).
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	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	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	Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecoloy. 379 pp. Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow, 370pp. ISBN 978-5-87317-410-2 (In Russian).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra lilljeborgii Boeck, 1865. 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:115701