Heterocope Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Walter, T.C. . Boxshall, G. . 2020 . Heterocope Sars G.O., 1863 . Copepoda . 247925 . 10 May 2020.