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 schmidti Mielke, 1974

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	Mielke, W. (1974). Eulitorale Harpacticoidea (Copepoda) von Spitzbergen. [Eulitoral Harpacticoids (Copepoda) from Spitsbergen.]. Mikrofauna Meeresbodens, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 37:1-52, figs. 1-28. (16-viii-1974). (Also in: Abh. mat.-nat. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Mainz, 1974).
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	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra schmidti Mielke, 1974. 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:115709