Copepoda taxon details
Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965
115202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115202)
accepted
Genus
Praeleptomesochra africana (Kunz, 1951) (type by original designation)
Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark Lang (1965) revised the genus Leptomesochra and divided it into three genera:
- Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. africana...
- Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. africana...
Taxonomic remark Lang (1965) revised the genus Leptomesochra and divided it into three genera:
- Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. africana as the type species, plus Praeleptomesochra similis Lang, 1965, and Leptomesochra pygmaea),
- Leptomesochra Sars, 1911 (Mesochra macintoshi, Leptomesochra nasuta, Leptomesochra confluens, Leptomesochra infima, and Leptameira attenuata Nicholls, 1939),
- Interleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. tenicornis as the type species, plus Normanella attenuata Scott A., 1896, Leptomesochra tenuicornis, Leptomesochra elongata, Leptomesochra eulitoralis and Interleptomesochra reducta Lang, 1965) [details]
- Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. africana as the type species, plus Praeleptomesochra similis Lang, 1965, and Leptomesochra pygmaea),
- Leptomesochra Sars, 1911 (Mesochra macintoshi, Leptomesochra nasuta, Leptomesochra confluens, Leptomesochra infima, and Leptameira attenuata Nicholls, 1939),
- Interleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. tenicornis as the type species, plus Normanella attenuata Scott A., 1896, Leptomesochra tenuicornis, Leptomesochra elongata, Leptomesochra eulitoralis and Interleptomesochra reducta Lang, 1965) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115202 on 2025-12-12
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Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [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) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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
[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) [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Lang (1965) revised the genus Leptomesochra and divided it into three genera: - Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. africana as the type species, plus Praeleptomesochra similis Lang, 1965, and Leptomesochra pygmaea),
- Leptomesochra Sars, 1911 (Mesochra macintoshi, Leptomesochra nasuta, Leptomesochra confluens, Leptomesochra infima, and Leptameira attenuata Nicholls, 1939),
- Interleptomesochra Lang, 1965 (L. tenicornis as the type species, plus Normanella attenuata Scott A., 1896, Leptomesochra tenuicornis, Leptomesochra elongata, Leptomesochra eulitoralis and Interleptomesochra reducta Lang, 1965) [details]
