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

Pseudomesochra perplexa Bodin, 1968

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudomesochra*	Scott T., 1902	accepted genus name
*Stenheliopsis*	Sars G.O., 1906	synonym

Literature

original description	Bodin, P. (1968). Copépodes Harpacticoïdes des étages bathyal et abyssal du golfe de Gascogne. [Harpacticoid copepods from the bathyal and abyssal stages of the Bay of Biscay.]. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série. (A)55(1): 1-107, pls. 1-62.
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	Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P.Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet, M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. Zootaxa. 5249(2): 213-252.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudomesochra perplexa Bodin, 1968. 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:115872