Heterocope is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist Georg Ossian Sars in 1863. Members of the genus are found in marine and freshwater environments.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following currently accepted species:
Heterocope appendiculata Sars G.O., 1863 (type by original designation) Heterocope borealis (Fischer, 1851) Heterocope caspia Sars G.O., 1897 Heterocope septentrionalis Juday & Muttkowski, 1915 Heterocope saliens (Lilljeborg, 1863) Heterocope soldatovi Rylov, 1922
Additionally, the following previously considered species are now seen as synonyms of other Heterocope species:
Heterocope alpina Sars G.O., 1863 (accepted as immature offspring of H. saliens) Heterocope robusta Sars G.O., 1863 (accepted as H. saliens) Heterocope romana Imhof, 1888 (accepted as H. saliens) Heterocope weismanni Imhof, 1890 (accepted as H. borealis)
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