''Heterocope'' is a genus of
copepod
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s in the family
Temoridae
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. It was described by Norwegian biologist
Georg Ossian Sars in 1863.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species lists the following currently accepted species:
* ''
Heterocope borealis'' (Fischer, 1851)
* ''
Heterocope caspia'' Sars G.O., 1897
* ''
Heterocope septentrionalis'' Juday & Muttkowski, 1915
* ''
Heterocope appendiculata
''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:
* ''Heterocope borea ...
'' Sars G.O., 1863
* ''
Heterocope saliens'' Lilljeborg, 1863
* ''
Heterocope soldatovi'' Rylov, 1922
Additionally, the following previously considered species are now seen as
synonyms
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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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