RAS taxon details
Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840
115349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115349)
accepted
Genus
Harpacticus chelifer (Müller O.F., 1776) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Harpacticus chelifer (Müller O.F., 1776)
- Species Harpacticus furcifer Giesbrecht, 1902
- Species Harpacticus gracilis Claus, 1863
- Species Harpacticus obscurus Scott T., 1895
- Species Harpacticus pulvinatus Brady, 1910
- Species Harpacticus robustus Brady, 1910
- Species Harpacticus fulvus Fischer, 1860 accepted as Tigriopus fulvus (Fischer, 1860) represented as Tigriopus fulvus fulvus (Fischer, 1860)
- Species Harpacticus furcatus Lang, 1936 represented as Harpacticus furcatus furcatus Lang, 1936
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>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]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940
page(s): 430 [details]
page(s): 430 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115349 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115349 on 2025-09-12
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Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>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]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940
page(s): 430 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 430 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA).</em> 236: 1-431. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
page(s): 430 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 430 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA).</em> 236: 1-431. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Harpacticus 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Harpacticus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpacticus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Harpacticus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpacticus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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