WoRMS name details
Heterochaeta Claus, 1863
347250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347250)
unaccepted (synonym, preoccupied name of a bird species)
Genus
Heterochaeta spinifrons Claus, 1863 accepted as Heterorhabdus spinifrons (Claus, 1863) (type by original designation)
- Species Heterochaeta abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1889 accepted as Heterorhabdus abyssalis (Giesbrecht, 1889) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta brevicornis Dahl, 1894 accepted as Heterorhabdus brevicornis (Dahl F., 1894)
- Species Heterochaeta clausii Giesbrecht, 1889 accepted as Heterorhabdus clausii (Giesbrecht, 1889) represented as Heterorhabdus clausi (Giesbrecht, 1889)
- Species Heterochaeta compacta Sars G.O., 1900 accepted as Heterorhabdus compactus (Sars G.O., 1900) accepted as Paraheterorhabdus compactus (Sars G.O., 1900) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta grimaldii Richard, 1893 accepted as Hemirhabdus grimaldii (Richard, 1893) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta longicornis Giesbrecht, 1889 accepted as Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
- Species Heterochaeta major Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Heterorhabdus major (Dahl F., 1894) accepted as Heterostylites major (Dahl F., 1894) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta norvegica Boeck, 1873 accepted as Heterorhabdus norvegicus (Boeck, 1873)
- Species Heterochaeta papilliger Claus, 1863 accepted as Heterorhabdus papilliger (Claus, 1863) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta profunda Dahl, 1894 accepted as Heterorhabdus profundus (Dahl F., 1894)
- Species Heterochaeta spinifrons Claus, 1863 accepted as Heterorhabdus spinifrons (Claus, 1863) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta tanneri Giesbrecht, 1895 accepted as Heterorhabdus tanneri (Giesbrecht, 1895) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta tropica Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Heterorhabdus tropicus (Dahl F., 1894) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta vipera Giesbrecht, 1889 accepted as Heterorhabdus vipera (Giesbrecht, 1889) accepted as Paraheterorhabdus vipera (Giesbrecht, 1889) (synonym)
- Species Heterochaeta zetesios Wolfenden, 1902 accepted as Heterorhabdus zetesios (Wolfenden, 1902) accepted as Heterostylites major (Dahl F., 1894) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 180 [details]
Taxonomy This name was preoccupied by Westwood , 1841 for a bird genus and so was changed by Giesbrecht, 1898 to Heterorhabdus
Taxonomy This name was preoccupied by Westwood , 1841 for a bird genus and so was changed by Giesbrecht, 1898 to Heterorhabdus [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heterochaeta Claus, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347250 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 180 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Giesbrecht, W. & O. Schmeil. (1898). Copepoda I. Gymnoplea. <em>Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Berlin.</em> 6:i-xvi, 1-169, figs. 1-31. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This name was preoccupied by Westwood , 1841 for a bird genus and so was changed by Giesbrecht, 1898 to Heterorhabdus [details]
