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

Schizoperopsis (Schizoperopsis) Apostolov, 1982

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Schizopera*	Sars G.O., 1905	accepted genus name
*Schizopera (Neoschizopera)*	Apostolov, 1982	synonym
*Schizopera (Schizopera)*	Sars G.O., 1905	synonym
*Schizoperopsis*	Apostolov, 1982	synonym

Children

Schizoperopsis (Schizoperopsis) arenicola (Chappuis & Serban, 1953)
Schizoperopsis (Schizoperopsis) varnensis (Apostolov, 1967)

Literature

original description	Apostolov, A. (1982). Genres et sous-genres nouveaux de la famille Diosaccidae Sars et Cylindropsyllidae Sars, Lang (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea). [New genera and subgenera of the family Diosaccidae Sars and Cylindropsyllidae Sars, Lang (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea).]. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 19: 37-42.
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.
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. Schizoperopsis (Schizoperopsis) Apostolov, 1982. 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:115495