Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Heterorhabdidae > Genus Paraheterorhabdus

Paraheterorhabdus vipera (Giesbrecht, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paraheterorhabdus*	Brodsky, 1950	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Heterochaeta vipera*	Giesbrecht, 1889	synonym
*Heterorhabdus tenuis*	Tanaka, 1964	synonym
*Heterorhabdus vipera*	(Giesbrecht, 1889)	synonym
*Heterorhabdus viperus*	(Giesbrecht, 1889)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Park, T. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod Family Heterorhabdididae. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California. 31:1-269.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paraheterorhabdus vipera (Giesbrecht, 1889). 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:368128