Deep-Sea taxon details
Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888
104184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104184)
accepted
Genus
Mecynocera clausii Thompson I.C., 1888 represented as Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888 (type by original designation)
Leptocalanus Bernard, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888
- Species Mecynocera gracilis (Tanaka, 1956)
- Species Mecynocera tenuis (Farran, 1926) accepted as Calocalanus tenuis Farran, 1926
- Species Mecynocera clausii Thompson I.C., 1888 represented as Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888 (lapsus calami)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thompson, I.C. (1888). Copepoda of Madeira and the Canary Islands, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 20: 145-156, pls. 10-13. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104184 on 2025-06-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104184 on 2025-06-06
Date
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original description
Thompson, I.C. (1888). Copepoda of Madeira and the Canary Islands, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 20: 145-156, pls. 10-13. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Leptocalanus Bernard, 1958) Bernard, M. (1958). Révision des Calocalanus (Copépodes Calanoida) avec description d'un genre nouveau et deux espèces nouvelles. [Revision of Calocalanus (Calanoida Copepods) with description of a new genus and two new species.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 83:1-15, figs. 1-16. [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
original description (of Leptocalanus Bernard, 1958) Bernard, M. (1958). Révision des Calocalanus (Copépodes Calanoida) avec description d'un genre nouveau et deux espèces nouvelles. [Revision of Calocalanus (Calanoida Copepods) with description of a new genus and two new species.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 83:1-15, figs. 1-16. [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メシノセラ属 | [details] |
