Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Paracalanidae

Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptocalanus*	Bernard, 1958	synonym

Children

Mecynocera clausi Thompson I.C., 1888
Mecynocera gracilis (Tanaka, 1956)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メシノセラ属

Literature

original description	Thompson, I.C. (1888). Copepoda of Madeira and the Canary Islands, with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 20: 145-156, pls. 10-13.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), 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. 252-268
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888. 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:104184