Copepoda taxon details

Mesochra Boeck, 1865

Mesochra lilljeborgii from Sars, G.O. 1907
Mesochra lilljeborgii from Sars, G.O. 1907

115241  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115241)

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Genus
Mesochra lilljeborgii Boeck, 1865 (type by subsequent designation)
Apsteinia Schmeil, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paratachidius Brady & Robertson, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Mesochra alaskana Wilson M.S., 1958
  2. Species Mesochra anomala Klie, 1950
  3. Species Mesochra aralensis Borutzky, 1927
  4. Species Mesochra arenicola Nicholls, 1939
  5. Species Mesochra baylyi Hamond, 1971
  6. Species Mesochra bisetosa Lee & Chang, 2008
  7. Species Mesochra bodini Kunz, 1975
  8. Species Mesochra dulcicula Jakobi, 1956
  9. Species Mesochra flava Lang, 1933
  10. Species Mesochra freyri Gomez & Steinarsdóttir, 2007
  11. Species Mesochra gracilis (Brady & Robertson, 1873)
  12. Species Mesochra heldti Monard, 1935
  13. Species Mesochra hinumaensis Kikuchi Y., 1972
  14. Species Mesochra huysi Suárez-Morales & Fuentes-Reinés, 2015
  15. Species Mesochra inconspicua (Scott T., 1895)
  16. Species Mesochra inermis (Brady, 1902)
  17. Species Mesochra ingolfssoni Gomez & Steinarsdóttir, 2007
  18. Species Mesochra lilljeborgii Boeck, 1865
  19. Species Mesochra lindbergi Petkovski, 1964
  20. Species Mesochra lybica Blanchard & Richard, 1891
  21. Species Mesochra meridionalis Sars G.O., 1905
  22. Species Mesochra mexicana Wilson M.S., 1971
  23. Species Mesochra nana Brady, 1910
  24. Species Mesochra oligochaeta Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008
  25. Species Mesochra pacifica Gómez-Noguera & Fiers, 1997
  26. Species Mesochra pallaresae Soyer, 1977
  27. Species Mesochra paranaensis Jakobi, 1954
  28. Species Mesochra parva Thomson J.M., 1946
  29. Species Mesochra pestai Lang, 1948
  30. Species Mesochra pontica Marcus, 1965
  31. Species Mesochra prowaseki Douwe, 1907
  32. Species Mesochra pseudoparva Gómez-Noguera & Fiers, 1997
  33. Species Mesochra quadrispinosa Shen & Tai, 1965
  34. Species Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894)
  35. Species Mesochra robertsoni Brady, 1880
  36. Species Mesochra rostrata Gurney, 1927
  37. Species Mesochra schmidti Mielke, 1974
  38. Species Mesochra sewelli Lang, 1948
  39. Species Mesochra snoppa Gomez & Steinarsdóttir, 2007
  40. Species Mesochra stellfeldi Jakobi, 1954
  41. Species Mesochra suifunensis Borutzky, 1952
  42. Species Mesochra timsae Gurney, 1927
  43. Species Mesochra wolskii Jakubisiak, 1933
  44. Species Mesochra xenopoda Monard, 1935
  45. Species Mesochra adriatica Car, 1884 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  46. Species Mesochra amoricana Monard, 1935 accepted as Mesochra armoricana Monard, 1935 accepted as Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925) (Synonym)
  47. Species Mesochra apostolovi Bodin, 1971 accepted as Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921
  48. Species Mesochra armoricana Monard, 1935 accepted as Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925) (Synonym)
  49. Species Mesochra arupinensis Brian, 1925 accepted as Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925) (synonym)
  50. Species Mesochra blanchardi Richard, 1889 accepted as Cletocamptus blanchardi (Richard, 1889) accepted as Cletocamptus retrogressus Schmankevitsch, 1875
  51. Species Mesochra brucei Richard, 1898 accepted as Maraenobiotus brucei (Richard, 1898) represented as Maraenobiotus brucei brucei (Richard, 1898)
  52. Species Mesochra deitersi Richard, 1897 accepted as Cletocamptus deitersi (Richard, 1897) represented as Cletocamptus deitersi deitersi (Richard, 1897)
  53. Species Mesochra exigua Sars G.O., 1911 accepted as Cletomesochra exigua (Sars G.O., 1911) accepted as Heteropsyllus exiguus (Sars G.O., 1911)
  54. Species Mesochra hirticornis (Scott T., 1895) accepted as Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894) (synonym)
  55. Species Mesochra kroyeri Boeck, 1865 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  56. Species Mesochra macintoshi Scott T. & Scott A., 1895 accepted as Leptomesochra macintoshi (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895) accepted as Leptameira macintoshi (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)
  57. Species Mesochra minuta Boeck, 1873 accepted as Normanella minuta (Boeck, 1873)
  58. Species Mesochra neotropica Jakobi, 1956 accepted as Amphibiperita neotropica (Jakobi, 1956) (synonym)
  59. Species Mesochra pallaresi Soyer, 1977 accepted as Mesochra pallaresae Soyer, 1977 (species named in honor of Dr. Rosa Pallares; thus, gender is feminine (Wells 2007))
  60. Species Mesochra paranensis Jakobi, 1954 accepted as Mesochra paranaensis Jakobi, 1954 (misspelling)
  61. Species Mesochra pontica Apostolov, 1969 accepted as Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921
  62. Species Mesochra propinqua Scott T., 1896 accepted as Psyllocamptus propinquus (Scott T., 1896)
  63. Species Mesochra salina Labbé, 1924 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  64. Species Mesochra sancarlensis Rocha O. & Matsumura-Tundisi, 1976 accepted as Attheyella jureiae Por & Hadel, 1986 (species illustrated on an atlas but not described with words)
  65. Species Mesochra spinicauda Scott T. & Scott A., 1895 accepted as Paraleptastacus spinicauda (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)
    1. Subspecies Mesochra spinicauda kliei Gagern, 1923 accepted as Leptastacus spinicaudatus kliei (Gagern, 1923) accepted as Paraleptastacus kliei (Gagern, 1923)
  66. Species Mesochra aestuarii Gurney, 1921 represented as Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921
    1. Subspecies Mesochra aestuarii aestuarii Gurney, 1921
    2. Subspecies Mesochra aestuarii aralensis Borutzky, 1927
    3. Subspecies Mesochra aestuarii baltica Schäfer, 1936
  67. Species Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863) represented as Mesochra pygmaea pygmaea (Claus, 1863)
    1. Subspecies Mesochra pygmaea meridionalis Steuer, 1943
    2. Subspecies Mesochra pygmaea pygmaea (Claus, 1863)
  68. Species Mesochra prowazeki Douwe, 1907 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, listed as species inquirenda by Wells (2007))
  69. Species Mesochra reducta Klie, 1950 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, validity questioned (Petkovski, 1964), listed as species inquirenda (Wells , 2007))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 275 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra Boeck, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115241 on 2025-05-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Huys, Rony
2013-03-25 10:31:26Z
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Gaviria-Melo, Santiago
2015-07-13 11:03:02Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2015-09-25 10:09:46Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2024-02-10 21:49:21Z
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Walter, T. Chad

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.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 275 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Apsteinia Schmeil, 1894) Schmeil, O. (1894). Einige neue Harpacticiden-Formen des Süsswassers. [Some new freshwater harpacticid forms.]. <em>Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften.</em> 67:341-350, figs. 1-6. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Paratachidius Brady & Robertson, 1873) Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 131 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. <em>Le Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec.</em> 66(2):241-316, 28 figs. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599 [details] 

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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Japanese メソクラ属  [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Apsteinia Document hosted within Copepoda (from synonym Apsteinia Schmeil, 1894)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Mesochra Document hosted within Copepoda 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Paratachidius Document hosted within Copepoda (from synonym Paratachidius Brady & Robertson, 1873)
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Mesochra lilljeborgii from Sars, G.O. 1907
Mesochra lilljeborgii from Sars, G.O. 1907
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