Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Paracalanidae > Genus Mecynocera

Mecynocera gracilis (Tanaka, 1956)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MecynoceraThompson I.C., 1888accepted genus name
Leptocalanus Bernard, 1958 synonym

Species group names

Calocalanus gracilis Tanaka, 1956 synonym
Ischnocalanus gracilis (Tanaka, 1956) synonym

Literature

additional source

Bernard, M. (1960). Copepoda. Sub-order:Calanoida. Family Calocalanidae (= Paracalanidae part.) Genera:Calocalanus, Leptocalanus, Dolichocera. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer. 36, first revision:1-5, figs. (xi-1960).

ecology source

Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mecynocera gracilis (Tanaka, 1956). 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:364371

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2021-08-08 by T. Chad Walter

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