Heterocope is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist Georg Ossian Sars in 1863.
| Heterocope | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Species
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2020). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Heterocope Sars G.O., 1863". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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