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

Eoschizopera Wells & Rao, 1976

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eoschizopera (Eoschizopera)*	Wells & Rao, 1976	synonym
*Eoschizopera (Praeoschizopera)*	Apostolov, 1982	synonym

Children

Eoschizopera (Eoschizopera) syltensis (Mielke, 1973)
Eoschizopera (Praeoschizopera) gligici (Petkovski, 1957)

Literature

original description	Wells, J.B.J. & G. Chandrasekhara Rao. (1976). The relationship of the genus Schizopera Sars within the family Diosaccidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 58(1):79-90, figs. 1-20, tab. 1. (5-i-1976)
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	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.
source of synonymy	Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Eoschizopera Wells & Rao, 1976. 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:115310