Copepoda name details
Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902
349893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349893)
unaccepted (Synonym of Mesochra rapiens acccording to Lang (1948: 940).)
Species
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] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Canthocamptus megalops Lilljeborg, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349893 on 2026-02-02
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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]
additional source Novikov, A. & D. Sharafutdinova. (2022). Revision of the genus Canthocamptus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with a description of a new species from the Lena River Delta (North-eastern Siberia). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 826: 33-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.826.1833
page(s): Table 5: 55; note: Regarded as species inquirenda and probably not a member of the Canthocamptidae. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 2. [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 2]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 2:897-1683, figs. 362-610, maps 1-378. (reprinted 1976).
page(s): 940 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Novikov, A. & D. Sharafutdinova. (2022). Revision of the genus Canthocamptus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with a description of a new species from the Lena River Delta (North-eastern Siberia). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 826: 33-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.826.1833
page(s): Table 5: 55; note: Regarded as species inquirenda and probably not a member of the Canthocamptidae. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 2. [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 2]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 2:897-1683, figs. 362-610, maps 1-378. (reprinted 1976).
page(s): 940 [details] Available for editors
[request]