Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Cyclopida > Family Halicyclopidae > Genus Halicyclops > Species Halicyclops brevispinosus

Halicyclops brevispinosus meridionalis Herbst, 1953

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halicyclops*	Norman, 1903	accepted genus name
*Hemicyclops*	Claus, 1893	synonym
*Tococheres*	Pelseneer, 1929	synonym

Literature

original description	Herbst, H.V. (1953). Weitere Cyclopoidea Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) des Küstengrundwassers. [Other Cyclopoidea Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) of the coastal groundwater.]. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 9(2):257-270, pls. 29-31, tabs.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1969). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome II: Cyclopoïdes et Biologie. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume II: Cyclopoids and Biology.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris, France. 292 pp, figs. 1-121.
additional source	Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
additional source	Plesa, C. (1964). Étude sur la faune interstitielle litorale de la mer Noire. III. Résultats préliminaires des recherches sur la côte Roumaine, avec aperçu spécial sur les Cyclopoides Gnathostomes (Crustacea, Copepoda). [Study of the coastal interstitial fauna of the Black Sea. III. Preliminary results of research on the Romanian coast, with special insight into the Cyclopoides Gnathostomes (Crustacea, Copepoda).]. Vie et Milieu. 14(4):775-813, figs. 1-12. (iv-1964). [for 1963].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Halicyclops brevispinosus meridionalis Herbst, 1953. 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:106664

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Halicyclops brevispinosus meridionalis Herbst, 1953. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9a990733-dccd-4756-9693-b057ff5e9360