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 rapiens (Schmeil, 1894)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Apsteinia Schmeil, 1894

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

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	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	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	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	Vanhöffen, E. (1916). Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil), ein alter Harpactide unter neuem Name. Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Natuforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1916:215-216.
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	Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa. 2:97-143, figs. 1-17.
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	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	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).
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).
taxonomy source	Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa. 2:97-143, figs. 1-17.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894). 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:115706

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/958cdd8c-d687-4731-a33b-d273e69d121d