| Mesochordaeus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Appendicularia |
| Order: | Copelata |
| Family: | Oikopleuridae |
| Subfamily: | Bathochordaeinae |
| Genus: | Mesochordaeus Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1990 |
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Mesochordaeus is a genus of oikopleurid larvacean, related to Bathochordaeus.[1]
- ^ Hopcroft, Russell R.; Robison, Bruce H. (1999). "A new mesopelagic larvacean, Mesochordaeus erythrocephalus, sp. nov., from Monterey Bay, with a description of its filtering house". Journal of Plankton Research. 21 (10): 1923–1937.