Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Ameiridae > Genus Leptomesochra

Leptomesochra attenuata (Scott A., 1896)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptomesochra*	Sars G.O., 1911	accepted genus name
*Interleptomesochra*	Lang, 1965	synonym

Species group names

*Interleptomesochra attenuata*	(Scott A., 1896)	synonym
*Normanella attenuata*	Scott A., 1896	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Nicholls, A.G. (1940). Marine Harpacticoids and Cyclopoids from the Shores of the St. Lawrence. Station Biologique du Saint-Laurent, Fauna et Flora Laurentianae. 2: 1-19.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1911). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXXIII & XXXIV. Supplement (continued). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 5:397-420, suppl. pls. 27-42.
additional source	Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. Le Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec. 66(2):241-316, 28 figs.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptomesochra attenuata (Scott A., 1896). 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:157700