Biology:Heterocope

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Heterocope
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Temoridae
Genus: Heterocope
Sars G.O., 1863[1]
Type species
Heterocope appendiculata Sars G.O., 1863

Heterocope is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist Georg Ossian Sars in 1863.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following currently accepted species:[1]

  • Heterocope borealis (Fischer, 1851)
  • Heterocope caspia Sars G.O., 1897
  • Heterocope septentrionalis Juday & Muttkowski, 1915
  • Heterocope appendiculata Sars G.O., 1863
  • Heterocope saliens Lilljeborg, 1863
  • Heterocope soldatovi Rylov, 1922

Additionally, the following previously considered species are now seen as synonyms of other Heterocope species:

  • Heterocope alpina Sars G.O., 1863 (accepted as immature offspring of H. saliens)
  • Heterocope robusta Sars G.O., 1863 (accepted as H. saliens)
  • Heterocope romana Imhof, 1888 (accepted as H. saliens)
  • Heterocope weismanni Imhof, 1890 (accepted as H. borealis)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6554615 entry