WoRMS taxon details
Heteropsyllus major (Sars G.O., 1920)
115688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115688)
accepted
Species
Cletomesochra major Sars G.O., 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heteropsyllus dimorphus Por, 1959 · unaccepted (synonymised by Coull (1975))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cletomesochra major Sars G.O., 1920) Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heteropsyllus major (Sars G.O., 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115688 on 2025-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heteropsyllus dimorphus Por, 1959) Por, F.D. (1959). Harpacticoide noi (Crustacea, Copepoda) din milurile Marii Negre. Harpacticoides nouveaux (Crustacés, Copépodes) des vases de la mer Noire). New Harpacticoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Black Sea muds.]. <em>Studii si Cercetari de Biologie, Seria Biologia Animala.</em> 4(11):347-368, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Cletomesochra major Sars G.O., 1920) Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236 [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 [request]
[request]original description (of Cletomesochra major Sars G.O., 1920) Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236 [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
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additional source
Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976).
page(s): 1299 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Klie, W. (1950). Harpacticoida (Cop.) aus dem Bereich von Helgoland und der Kieler Bucht. (Fortsetzung). [Harpacticoida (Cop.) from the coast of Helgoland and the Killarney Bay (Fortsetzung).]. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 7(1):76-128, figs. 53-160. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 65 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1299 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sars, G.O. (1920). Copepoda Supplement. Parts V & VI. Harpacticoida (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 7:53-72, pls. 33-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20705236
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Klie, W. (1950). Harpacticoida (Cop.) aus dem Bereich von Helgoland und der Kieler Bucht. (Fortsetzung). [Harpacticoida (Cop.) from the coast of Helgoland and the Killarney Bay (Fortsetzung).]. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 7(1):76-128, figs. 53-160. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 65 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors
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