Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Appendicularia > Order Copelata > Family Oikopleuridae > Subfamily Bathochordaeinae > Genus Mesochordaeus

Mesochordaeus bahamasi Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1990

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesochordaeus*	Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1990	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Fenaux, R.; Youngbluth, M. J. (1990). A new mesopelagic appendicularian,Mesochordaeus bahamasigen. nov., sp. nov. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 70(4): 755-760.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 356
additional source	Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Mesochordaeus bahamasi Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1990. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103399