Heterocope

Heterocope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Temoridae
Genus:	Heterocope; Sars G.O., 1863
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. Members of the genus are found in marine and freshwater environments.

Species

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

Heterocope appendiculata Sars G.O., 1863 (type by original designation)
Heterocope borealis (Fischer, 1851)
Heterocope caspia Sars G.O., 1897
Heterocope septentrionalis Juday & Muttkowski, 1915
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

1 2 3 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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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 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.