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

Heterorhabdidae Sars G.O., 1902

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Disseta Giesbrecht, 1889
Hemirhabdus Wolfenden, 1911
Heterorhabdus Giesbrecht, 1892
Heterostylites Sars G.O., 1920
Mesorhabdus Sars G.O., 1905
Microdisseta Heptner, 1972
Neorhabdus Heptner, 1972
Paraheterorhabdus Brodsky, 1950

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヘテロラブドゥス科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XI & XII, Heterorhabdidae (continued), Arietellidae, Pseudocyclopidae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 121-171 pls. 81-96.
original description	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heterorhabdidae Sars G.O., 1902. 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:104087