Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Mesaiokeratidae > Genus Mesaiokeras

Mesaiokeras heptneri Andronov, 1973

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesaiokeras*	Matthews, 1961	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Andronov, V.N.. 1973. Novye vidy semestva Mesaiokeratidae (Copepoda) iz Atlanticheskikh pribrezhnykh vod SSHA i yugo-zapadnoi Afriki. New species of the family Mesaiokeratidae (Copepoda) from the Atlantic waters of the United States and south-west Africa. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 52(8):1242-1245, figs. 1-3. (3-viii-1973, Russian with English summary).
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

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Taxonomy

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Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Mesaiokeras heptneri Andronov, 1973. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104623