Copepoda taxon details
Pseudomesochra affinis (Sars G.O., 1920)
364204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:364204)
accepted
Species
Stenheliopsis affinis Sars G.O., 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Stenheliopsis affinis Sars G.O., 1920) Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudomesochra affinis (Sars G.O., 1920). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=364204 on 2026-02-03
original description
(of Stenheliopsis affinis Sars G.O., 1920) Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236 [details]
taxonomy source Kim, J.G., J. Lee & R. Huys. (2021). New records of Pseudotachidiidae from South Korea, including a key to species of the Pseudomesochrinae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). <em>In: Huys, R. (ed.). Systematics and Taxonomy of Harpacticoid Copepods—A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Prof. John B.J. Wells, Zootaxa, 569 pp.</em> 5051 (1): 387–422., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.16
note: Removed from its synonymy with P. longifurcata and reinstated as a valid species. [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Kim, J.G., J. Lee & R. Huys. (2021). New records of Pseudotachidiidae from South Korea, including a key to species of the Pseudomesochrinae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). <em>In: Huys, R. (ed.). Systematics and Taxonomy of Harpacticoid Copepods—A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Prof. John B.J. Wells, Zootaxa, 569 pp.</em> 5051 (1): 387–422., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.16
note: Removed from its synonymy with P. longifurcata and reinstated as a valid species. [details] Available for editors
[request]
From editor or global species database
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