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

Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arpacticus*	Milne Edwards, 1840	synonym

Children

Harpacticus aegialobates Monard, 1926
Harpacticus alevtinae Chislenko, 1977
Harpacticus chelifer (Müller O.F., 1776)
Harpacticus compsonyx Monard, 1926
Harpacticus flexulosus Ceccherelli, 1988
Harpacticus flexus Brady & Robertson, 1873
Harpacticus giesbrechti Klie, 1927
Harpacticus gracilis Claus, 1863
Harpacticus littoralis Sars G.O., 1910
Harpacticus longiantennata Apostolov & Petkovski, 1980
Harpacticus macrodactylus Fischer, 1860
Harpacticus nicaeensis Claus, 1866
Harpacticus obscurus Scott T., 1895
Harpacticus pallaresae Wells, 2007
Harpacticus ponticus Marcus, 1967
Harpacticus pulvinatus Brady, 1910
Harpacticus septentrionalis Klie, 1939
Harpacticus tenellus Sars G.O., 1920
Harpacticus trisetosus Lang, 1948
Harpacticus uniremis Krøyer in Gaimard, 1842
Harpacticus virescens Dana, 1848

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハルパクチクス属

Literature

original description	Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]]. 3: 411-529.
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	Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA). 236: 1-431.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840. 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:115349

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e4ecc602-9dc7-4f2f-9cd0-c45e7b8c973d