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Pseudomesochra Scott T., 1902

115297  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115297)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Harpacticoida (Order)
  10. Pseudotachidiidae (Family)
  11. Pseudomesochrinae (Subfamily)
  12. Pseudomesochra (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Pseudomesochra longifurcata Scott T., 1902 (type by original designation)
Stenheliopsis Sars G.O., 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Pseudomesochra aberrans Bodin, 1968
  2. Species Pseudomesochra abyssalis Becker & Schriever, 1979
  3. Species Pseudomesochra affinis (Sars G.O., 1920)
  4. Species Pseudomesochra axa Gómez, Yáñez-Rivera & García-Vázquez, 2025
  5. Species Pseudomesochra bathyalis Gómez, Yáñez-Rivera & García-Vázquez, 2025
  6. Species Pseudomesochra bathyhabitatrix Gómez, Yáñez-Rivera & García-Vázquez, 2025
  7. Species Pseudomesochra bathysicola Gómez, Yáñez-Rivera & García-Vázquez, 2025
  8. Species Pseudomesochra beckeri Becker & Schriever, 1979
  9. Species Pseudomesochra brucei (Scott T. & Scott A., 1901)
  10. Species Pseudomesochra divaricata (Sars G.O., 1906)
  11. Species Pseudomesochra gemina Coull, 1973
  12. Species Pseudomesochra gertwilleni Willen, 1996
  13. Species Pseudomesochra laptevensis Willen, 1996
  14. Species Pseudomesochra latifurca (Sars G.O., 1911)
  15. Species Pseudomesochra longifurcata Scott T., 1902
  16. Species Pseudomesochra media (Sars G.O., 1911)
  17. Species Pseudomesochra meridianensis Willen, 1996
  18. Species Pseudomesochra minor Becker, 1974
  19. Species Pseudomesochra perplexa Bodin, 1968
  20. Species Pseudomesochra scheibeli Schriever, 1982
  21. Species Pseudomesochra similis Lang, 1936
  22. Species Pseudomesochra tatianae Drzycimski, 1968
  23. Species Pseudomesochra latifurcata (Sars G.O., 1906) accepted as Pseudomesochra latifurca (Sars G.O., 1911) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  24. Species Pseudomesochra longiseta Vasconcelos, George & Santos, 2008 accepted as Keraia longiseta (Vasconcelos, George & Santos, 2008)
  25. Species Pseudomesochra parvula Willey, 1927 accepted as Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925)
  26. Species Pseudomesochra tamara Smirnov, 1946 accepted as Keraia tamara (Smirnov, 1946)
  27. Species Pseudomesochra crispata (Brady, 1910) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, The description of the species is very incomplete and the armature formulae of A2 EXP and swimming legs remain undescribed (after Gómez et al, 2025).)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Scott, T. (1902). Notes on gatherings of Crustacea collected by the Fishery Steamer 'Garland' and the steam trawlers 'Star of Peace' and 'Star of Hope', of Aberdeen, during the year 1901. Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh 20(3):447-484, pls. 22-25. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 461 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae  
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudomesochra Scott T., 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115297 on 2025-04-20
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Huys, Rony
2005-04-01 10:30:46Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-06-25 07:08:00Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2009-09-30 14:40:47Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2011-09-28 21:02:14Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff
2015-09-03 06:24:32Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2022-06-29 12:59:22Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Scott, T. (1902). Notes on gatherings of Crustacea collected by the Fishery Steamer 'Garland' and the steam trawlers 'Star of Peace' and 'Star of Hope', of Aberdeen, during the year 1901. Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh 20(3):447-484, pls. 22-25. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 461 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Stenheliopsis Sars G.O., 1906) Sars, G.O. (1906). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XV & XVI. Diosaccidae (concluded), Canthocamptidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 5:173-196, pls. 113-128. (look up in IMIS) [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]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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]

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): 461 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Additional information Boxshall & Halsey (2004) followed Huys et al. (1996) and regarded Pseudomesochra as part of the Miraciidae. [details]

Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]
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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudomesochra Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Stenheliopsis Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Stenheliopsis Sars G.O., 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudomesochra) 
To ITIS
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