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 tenellus Sars G.O., 1920

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. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts III & IV. Harpacticoida (continued). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 7:25-52, pls. 17-32.
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	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Wiborg, K.F. (1964). Marine copepods of Tristan da Cunha. Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 51:1-44, figs. 1-18, tab. 1.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Harpacticus tenellus Sars G.O., 1920. 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:116178