Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Canthocamptidae > Subfamily Canthocamptinae

Mesochra Boeck, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Apsteinia Schmeil, 1894 synonym

Children

Mesochra aestuarii Gurney, 1921
Mesochra anomala Klie, 1950
Mesochra heldti Monard, 1935
Mesochra inconspicua (Scott T., 1895)
Mesochra lilljeborgi Boeck, 1864
Mesochra lilljeborgii Boeck, 1865
Mesochra lindbergi Petkovski, 1964
Mesochra pestai Lang, 1948
Mesochra pontica Marcus, 1965
Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863)
Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894)
Mesochra reducta Klie, 1950
Mesochra rostrata Gurney, 1927
Mesochra schmidti Mielke, 1974
Mesochra timsae Gurney, 1927
Mesochra xenopoda Monard, 1935

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: メソクラ属

Literature

original description

Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].

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

Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.

additional source

Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).

additional source

Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. Le Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec. 66(2):241-316, 28 figs.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra Boeck, 1865. 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:115241

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Mesochra Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9af78c30-bce1-489b-a58f-84e9a6348ae0

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-02-10 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by T. Chad Walter & by Drs. Danielle Defaye

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