Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Harpacticidae > Genus Tigriopus

Tigriopus brevicornis (Müller O.F., 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tigriopus*	Norman, 1869	accepted genus name
*Tigriopus brevicornis*	(Müller O.F., 1776)	taxonomically included in
*Tigriopus fulvus*	(Fischer, 1860)	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Cyclops brevicornis*	Müller O.F., 1776	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50:268-280.
additional source	Gilat, E. (1967). On the feeding of a benthonic copepod, Tigriopus brevicornis O.F. Müller. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station Israel 45:79-95, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-4. (v-1967)
additional source	Colom, G. (1957). Biogeografia de las Baleares (La Formacion de las Islas y el origin de su flora y de su fauna.). Estudio General Lu Liano de Mallorca, Serie ceintifica. 1:1-568, figs. 1-119.
additional source	Carli, A. & A. Loi. (1965). Resistenza alla temperatura del Copepode Tigriopus brevicornis O.F. Müller a diverse concentrazioni saline. [Temperature resistance of the copepod Tigriopus brevicornis O.F. Müller at different salt concentrations.]. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova. 35(198):23-31, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Corcora, T.O., J. Davenport & M.A.K. Jansen, Marcel A. K. (2016). The copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (O. F. Muller, 1776) gains UV protection by feeding on uv-acclimated algae. Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 36(5):658-660.
additional source	Comita, G.W. & J.J. Comita. (1966). Egg production in Tigriopus brevicornis. In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some contemporary studies in marine science. Allen & Unwin Ltd., New York :171-185, figs. 1-11, tab. 1.
additional source	Falchier, M., P. Lassus, M. Bardouil, L. Le Dean, P. Truquet & G. Bocquene. (1982). Sensibilité thermique d'un Copépode Harpacticoïde: Tigriopus brevicornis Müller. [Thermal sensitivity of a Harpacticoid Copepod: Tigriopus brevicornis Müller.]. Revue et Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes. 45(2):141-153, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-2. (English summary.).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Harris, R.P. (1973). Feeding, growth, reproduction and nitrogen utilization by the harpacticoid copepod, Tigriopus brevicornis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 53(4):785-800, fig. 1, tabs. 1-8. (xi-1973)
additional source	Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecoloy. 379 pp. Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow, 370pp. ISBN 978-5-87317-410-2 (In Russian).
additional source	Carli, A. & A. Fiori. (1977). Morphological analysis of the two Tigriopus species found along the European coasts. Natura, Milan 68(1-2):101-110, figs. 1-12. (15-vi-1977)
additional source	Ar-Rushdi, A.H. (1963). The cytology of achiasmatic meiosis in the female Tigriopus (Copepoda). Chromosoma, Berlin 13:526-539, figs. 1-27.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tigriopus brevicornis (Müller O.F., 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116183

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Tigriopus brevicornis (Müller O.F., 1776). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/182923d3-ef4e-402f-b23f-939f478aca15