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 > Species Mesochra aestuarii

Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: mezochra

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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra aestuarii 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:116846

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9c0a6d81-db62-4f72-854a-071b2e6bf0e9