Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Subclass Copepoda Scientific name Thermomesochra reducta | Phylum Arthropoda Class Maxillopoda Order Harpacticoida Rank Species | |
Thermomesochra reducta is a species of copepod in the family Canthocamptidae, and the only species in the genus Thermomesochra. It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
T. reducta was described in 1980 from a hot spring at Dusun Tua, Selangor, Malaysia, where it lives at temperatures of 38–58 °C (100–136 °F).
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