Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Canthocamptidae > Subfamily Hemimesochrinae

Heteropsyllus Scott T., 1894

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cletomesochra*	Sars G.O., 1920	synonym

Children

Heteropsyllus confluens Soyer, 1974
Heteropsyllus curticaudatus Scott T., 1894
Heteropsyllus exiguus (Sars G.O., 1911)
Heteropsyllus major (Sars G.O., 1920)
Heteropsyllus masculus Kunz, 1971
Heteropsyllus meridionalis Soyer, 1974
Heteropsyllus nanus (Sars G.O., 1920)
Heteropsyllus rostratus (Sars G.O., 1920)

Literature

original description	Scott, T. (1894). Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part VI. Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 12(3):231-271, pls. 5-10.
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	Novikov, A.A. & D.N. Sharafutdinova. (2021). Revision of the genus Heteropsyllus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with description of a new species from the Laptev Sea and establishment of new genus. Arthropoda Selecta. 30(3):405-421. Sep 2021.
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.
identification resource	Coull, B.C. & M.A. Palmer. (1980). Heteropsyllus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): a revised key, including a new species from Chesapeake Bay. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 99(3):303-309, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (27-viii-1980).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heteropsyllus Scott T., 1894. 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:115239