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

Harpacticus littoralis Sars G.O., 1910

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Harpacticus*	Milne Edwards H., 1840	accepted genus name
*Arpacticus*	Milne Edwards, 1840	synonym

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1910). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXIX & XXX. Tachidiidae (concluded), Metidae, Balaenophilidae, supplement (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 5:337-368, pls. 225-230, suppl. pls. 1-10.
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	Goddard, M. (2003). Copepodos de pozas intermareales de Isla de Pascua. Tide pools copepods of Easter Island. Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar 26(1): 45-72.
additional source	Deprez, T. (1999). Taxonlan.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.
additional source	Díaz-Trillo, J.J. (2014). Atlas de microorganismos planctónicos presentes en los humedales andaluces. [Atlas of planktonic microorganisms present in the Andalusian wetlands.]. Consejería del Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía. 253 pp. [In Spanish].
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940).
additional source	Monard, A. (1926). Sur les Harpacticus de Banyuls. [On the Harpacticus of Banyuls.]. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 51:4l9-434, figs. 1-43.
additional source	Monard, A. (1928). Les Harpacticoïdes marins de Banyuls. [The marine Harpacticoids of Banyuls.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 67(4):259-443, figs. 1-48. (20-vii-1928).
additional source	Petkovski, T.K. (1955). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Grundwasser Copepoden der Adriatischen Küste. [Further contributions to the knowledge of groundwater copepods of the Adriatic coast.]. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje. 3(8):209-225, figs. 1-30. (9-xii-1955).
additional source	Chinchilla, M. & F.A. Comin. (1977). Contribution al coneixement dels crustacis del delta de l'Ebre. [A contribution to the study of the crustaceans of the Ebre Delta.]. In: Els sistemes naturals del delta de l'Ebre, Treballs de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural. 8:119-144, pls.1-10, maps 1-2.
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	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).
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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Monard, A. (1935). Les Harpacticoides marins de la region de Salammbo. Bulletin de la Station Oceanographique Salammbo. 34: 1-94, figs. 1-145.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1924). Crustacea Copepoda: Fauna of Chilka Lake. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 5(12):771-851, pls. 44-59. (vii-1924).
additional source	Castel, J. (1976). Développement larvaire et biologie de Harpacticus littoralis Sars, 1910 (Copépode, Harpacticoïde) dans les étangs saumâtres de la région d'Arcachon. [Larval development and biology of Harpacticus littoralis Sars, 1910 (Copepod, Harpacticoid) in brackish ponds of the Arcachon region.]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 17(2):195-212, figs. 1-8.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Harpacticus littoralis Sars G.O., 1910. 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:116171

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Harpacticus littoralis Sars G.O., 1910. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5e7264fc-266b-4b3b-9d34-7ae475a19032