Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Canthocamptidae > Subfamily Canthocamptinae > Genus Mesochra

Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Apsteinia

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesochra*	Boeck, 1865	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Apsteinia rapiens*	Schmeil, 1894	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: mezochra

Literature

original description	Schmeil, O.. 1894. Einige neue Harpacticiden-Formen des Süsswassers. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 67:341-350, figs. 1-6.
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - 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. 268-280
additional source	Dussart, B.H.. 1967. Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris 500pp.
taxonomy source	Por, F.D.. 1960. Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 'Grigore Antipa' 2:97-143, figs. 1-17.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Gaviria-Melo, S. (2014). Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115706

Drs. Danielle Defaye. Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=238094