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 baltica Schäfer, 1936

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Schäfer, H.W. (1936). Harpacticoiden aus dem Brackwasser der Insel Hiddensee. [Harpacticoids from the brackish water of the island of Hiddensee. (Preliminary communication).]. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 68(6):545-588, pls. 13-15. (21-xi-1936).
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 baltica Schäfer, 1936. 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:116847

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Mesochra aestuarii baltica Schäfer, 1936. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8738e94f-b0b7-48ae-b72c-0db8a453b743