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

Heterorhabdus Giesbrecht, 1892

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heterochaeta*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Children

Heterorhabdus abyssalis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Heterorhabdus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1905
Heterorhabdus clausi (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Heterorhabdus norvegicus (Boeck, 1873)
Heterorhabdus papilliger (Claus, 1863)
Heterorhabdus spinifer Park, 1970
Heterorhabdus spinifrons (Claus, 1863)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヘテロラブドゥス属

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]].
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	Mazza, J. (1965). Les Copépodes du genre Heterorhabdus Giesbrecht en Méditerranée. [Copepods of the genus Heterorhabdus Giesbrecht in the Mediterranean.]. Revue et Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes. 29(4):401-412, figs. 1-8.
additional source	Heptner, M.V. (1972). Obzor rodovo struktury semestva Heterorhabdidae (Copepoda, Calanoida). [A review of the generic structure of the family Heterorhabdidae (Copepoda, Calanoida). ]. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii, n. ser. 77(6):54-64, figs. 1-2. (8-xii-1972, Russian with English summary).
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heterorhabdus Giesbrecht, 1892. 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:104178