''Heterocope'' is a genus of
copepod
Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...
s in the family
Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist
Georg Ossian Sars
Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927) was a Norway, Norwegian marine biology, marine and freshwater biology, freshwater biologist.
Life
Georg Ossian Sars was born on 20 April 1837 in Kinn (former municipality), Kinn, No ...
in 1863.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
lists the following currently accepted species:
* ''
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
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...
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
Temoridae
Copepod genera
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