BeRMS taxon details
Mesochra pygmaea pygmaea (Claus, 1863)
730681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730681)
accepted
Subspecies
Dactylopus pygmaea Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dactylopusia pygmaea (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
(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
page(s): 127 [details]
(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
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: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730681 on 2026-10-09
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Mesochra pygmaea pygmaea (Claus, 1863). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730681 on 2026-10-09
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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]
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
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
additional source Dvoretsky, A.G. & V.G. Dvoretsky. (2026). Novel data on symbiotic copepods inhabiting invasive red king crabs in the Barents Sea. <em>Symbiosis.</em> 98(2):165-183. Mar 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-026-01114-0 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 127 [details]
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
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
additional source Dvoretsky, A.G. & V.G. Dvoretsky. (2026). Novel data on symbiotic copepods inhabiting invasive red king crabs in the Barents Sea. <em>Symbiosis.</em> 98(2):165-183. Mar 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-026-01114-0 [details] Available for editors
Present 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 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 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))
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