Copepoda taxon details
Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894)
115706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115706)
accepted
Species
Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Canthocamptus hirticornis Scott T., 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902 · unaccepted (Synonym of Mesochra rapiens...)
Synonym of Mesochra rapiens acccording to Lang (1948: 940).
Canthocamptus subsalsus Brady, 1896 · unaccepted (Synonym of Mesochra rapiens after...)
Synonym of Mesochra rapiens after Lang (1948: 940)
Canthocamptus subsalus Brady, 1895 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Misspelled)
Mesochra hirticornis (Scott T., 1895) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894) Schmeil, O. (1894). Einige neue Harpacticiden-Formen des Süsswassers. [Some new freshwater harpacticid forms.]. <em>Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften.</em> 67:341-350, figs. 1-6. [details] 
Taxonomy description of male
Taxonomy description of male [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil, 1894). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115706 on 2026-02-14
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original description
(of Canthocamptus hirticornis Scott T., 1895) Scott, T. (1895). VI. The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of Scotland. Part V. <em>Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland.</em> 13(3): 237-257, pls. 9-10.
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902) Lilljeborg, W. (1902). Synopsis specierum huc usque in aquis dulcibus Sueciae observatarum familiae Harpacticidarum, sive Bidrag till en Öfvensikt af de uti Sveriges farska vatten hittills iakttagna Arterna af Familjen Harpacticidae. [A synopsis of the species of the family Harpacticidae hitherto observed in the fresh waters of Sweden]. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, New Series.</em> 36(1):1-75, pls. 1-4. (13-v-1902). [details]
original description (of Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894) Schmeil, O. (1894). Einige neue Harpacticiden-Formen des Süsswassers. [Some new freshwater harpacticid forms.]. <em>Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften.</em> 67:341-350, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus subsalsus Brady, 1896) Brady, G.S. (1896). On entomostraca collected in the Solway district and at Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, during the summer of 1894. <em>Natural History Transactions of Northumberland.</em> 13:19-33, pls. 1-3. [details]
taxonomy source Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. <em>Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa.</em> 2:97-143, figs. 1-17. [details] Available for editors
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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 Apostolov, A. (2021). Les Harpacticoïdes (Crustacea, Copepoda) de la côte Atlantique et les eaux intérieures de l'Islande. <em>Maison d'edition Libra Scorp, Bulgaria.</em> 303 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scher, O., D. Defaye, N.M. Korovchinsky & A. Thiéry. (2000). The crustacean fauna (Branchiopoda, Copepoda) of shallow freshwater bodies in Iceland. Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 34(6):11-25. (7.xi.2000) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vanhöffen, E. (1916). Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil), ein alter Harpactide unter neuem Name. <em>Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Natuforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1916:215-216. [details]
additional source Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). [Distribution, ecology and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard (Netherlands)]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium.</em> 2 vols:198 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Veslonogiye rakoobraznyye otryada Harpactiocida Belogo morya. Morfologiya, sistematika, ekologiya. [Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecology.]. <em>Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow.</em> 370 pp. (Russian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Apostolov, A. (2014). Contribution to the study of marine harpacticoid fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) of Iceland. ZooNotes, 62:1-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Apostolov, A. (1973). Apport vers l'étude d'Harpacticoïdes pontiques habitant les algues marines. [Contribution to the study of Pontic Harpacticoids inhabiting marine algae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 191(3-4):263-281, figs. 1-14. (viii/ix-1973). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Apostolov, A. (1973). Harpacticoïdes des eaux saumâtres et des étangs cotières. [Harpacticoids of brackish waters and coastal ponds.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 191(3-4):281-294, figs. 1-10. (viii/ix-1973). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Arroyo, N.L., K. Aarnio & E. Ólafsson. (2007). Interactions between two closely related phytal harpacticoid copepods. assymetric positive and negative effects. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 341(2):219-227., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.032 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 255-257 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ishida, T. & Y. Kikuchi. (2000). Illustrated fauna of the freshwater harpacticoid copepods of Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 55:7-94. (4.xii.2000). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ishida, T. (1987). Freshwater harpacticoid copepods of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Scientific Reports of the Hokkaido Salmon Hatchery 41:77-119. (Japanese summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. <em>Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa.</em> 2:97-143, figs. 1-17. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902) Lilljeborg, W. (1902). Synopsis specierum huc usque in aquis dulcibus Sueciae observatarum familiae Harpacticidarum, sive Bidrag till en Öfvensikt af de uti Sveriges farska vatten hittills iakttagna Arterna af Familjen Harpacticidae. [A synopsis of the species of the family Harpacticidae hitherto observed in the fresh waters of Sweden]. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, New Series.</em> 36(1):1-75, pls. 1-4. (13-v-1902). [details]
original description (of Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894) Schmeil, O. (1894). Einige neue Harpacticiden-Formen des Süsswassers. [Some new freshwater harpacticid forms.]. <em>Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften.</em> 67:341-350, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus subsalsus Brady, 1896) Brady, G.S. (1896). On entomostraca collected in the Solway district and at Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, during the summer of 1894. <em>Natural History Transactions of Northumberland.</em> 13:19-33, pls. 1-3. [details]
taxonomy source Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. <em>Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa.</em> 2:97-143, figs. 1-17. [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 Apostolov, A. (2021). Les Harpacticoïdes (Crustacea, Copepoda) de la côte Atlantique et les eaux intérieures de l'Islande. <em>Maison d'edition Libra Scorp, Bulgaria.</em> 303 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scher, O., D. Defaye, N.M. Korovchinsky & A. Thiéry. (2000). The crustacean fauna (Branchiopoda, Copepoda) of shallow freshwater bodies in Iceland. Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 34(6):11-25. (7.xi.2000) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vanhöffen, E. (1916). Mesochra rapiens (Schmeil), ein alter Harpactide unter neuem Name. <em>Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Natuforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1916:215-216. [details]
additional source Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). [Distribution, ecology and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard (Netherlands)]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium.</em> 2 vols:198 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Veslonogiye rakoobraznyye otryada Harpactiocida Belogo morya. Morfologiya, sistematika, ekologiya. [Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecology.]. <em>Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow.</em> 370 pp. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Apostolov, A. (2014). Contribution to the study of marine harpacticoid fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) of Iceland. ZooNotes, 62:1-5. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Apostolov, A. (1973). Apport vers l'étude d'Harpacticoïdes pontiques habitant les algues marines. [Contribution to the study of Pontic Harpacticoids inhabiting marine algae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 191(3-4):263-281, figs. 1-14. (viii/ix-1973). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Apostolov, A. (1973). Harpacticoïdes des eaux saumâtres et des étangs cotières. [Harpacticoids of brackish waters and coastal ponds.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 191(3-4):281-294, figs. 1-10. (viii/ix-1973). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Arroyo, N.L., K. Aarnio & E. Ólafsson. (2007). Interactions between two closely related phytal harpacticoid copepods. assymetric positive and negative effects. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 341(2):219-227., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.032 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 255-257 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ishida, T. & Y. Kikuchi. (2000). Illustrated fauna of the freshwater harpacticoid copepods of Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 55:7-94. (4.xii.2000). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ishida, T. (1987). Freshwater harpacticoid copepods of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Scientific Reports of the Hokkaido Salmon Hatchery 41:77-119. (Japanese summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. <em>Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa.</em> 2:97-143, figs. 1-17. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy description of male [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | mezochra | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus hirticornis Scott T., 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesochra rapiens)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus hirticornis Scott T., 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesochra rapiens)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Apsteinia rapiens Schmeil, 1894)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym