WoRMS taxon details
Mesochra pygmaea pygmaea (Claus, 1863)
730681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730681)
accepted
Subspecies
Canthocamptus parvus Scott T. & Scott A., 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Synonym of Mesochra pygmaea after...)
Synonym of Mesochra pygmaea after Sars (1907) and Lang (1948)
Canthocamptus setosus Claus, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Synonym of Mesochra pygmaea...)
Synonym of Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863) after Lang (1948)
Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dactylopusia pygmaea (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863)) Monard, A. (1935). Etude sur la faune des Harpacticoides marins de Roscoff. <em>Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> 13: 5-89, figs. 1-235. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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(of Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 127 [details]
[request](of Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 127 [details]
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra pygmaea pygmaea (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730681 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863)) Monard, A. (1935). Etude sur la faune des Harpacticoides marins de Roscoff. <em>Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> 13: 5-89, figs. 1-235. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Canthocamptus parvus Scott T. & Scott A., 1896) Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). On some new and rare British Crustacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18:1-8, pls. 1-2. (vii-1896) [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus setosus Claus, 1866) Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. <em>Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.</em> Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 127 [details]
[request]original description (of Canthocamptus parvus Scott T. & Scott A., 1896) Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). On some new and rare British Crustacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18:1-8, pls. 1-2. (vii-1896) [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus setosus Claus, 1866) Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. <em>Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.</em> Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 127 [details]
Other
additional source
Chislenko, L.L. (1977). Garpaktitsidy (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) s gubok zemli Frantsa-Iosifa.[ Harpacticoids (Copepoda Harpacticoidea) from sponges of Franz Josef Land.]. <em>In: Biotsenosy shel'fa zemli Frantsa-Iosifa i fauna sopredel'nykh akuatorii. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei.</em> 14(22):237-276, figs. 1-20, tab. (16-iii-1977, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus parvus Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesochra pygmaea) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To PESI (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus parvus Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesochra pygmaea) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To PESI (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863))