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Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888 
AphiaID: 104184

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Paracalanidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Synonymised
taxa		  Dolichocera Bernard, 1958
 Dolichocerea Bernard, 1958 (synonym)
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Ices Zooplankton sheet n° 32:Copepoda [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

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taxa
[hide all]		 Species Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888
Species Mecynocera gracilis (Barnard, 1960)
Species Mecynocera plumulosa (Claus, 1863)

Species Mecynocera clausii Thompson, 1888 accepted as Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888
Species Mecynocera filicornis (Giesbrecht, 1888) accepted as Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888
Species Mecynocera tenuis (Farran, 1926) accepted as Calocalanus tenuis Farran, 1926
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Mecynocera
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To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104184
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2005-03-30 12:51:50Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-28 20:41:46Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
2010-08-29 11:51:32Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Mecynocera. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104184 on 2013-06-20
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