Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Clausiidae

Mesnilia Canu, 1898

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mesnilia cluthae (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)

Literature

original description	Canu, E. (1898). Note sur les Copépodes et les Ostracodes marins des côtes de Normandie. [Note on marine Copepods and Ostracods from the Normandy coast.]. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen. (4)33:389-422, pls. 3-10.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Caullery, M. & F. Mesnil. (1915). Notes biologiques sur les mares a Limnothamnion de la Hague. II. Sur l'habitat d'un Copépode semi-parasite Mesnila martinensis Canu 1898. [Biological notes on the Limnothamnion ponds of La Hague. II. On the habitat of a semi-parasitic copepod Mesnila martinensis Canu 1898]. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 40: 176-178.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesnilia Canu, 1898. 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:128629