WoRMS taxon details
Heterostylites major (Dahl F., 1894)
104587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104587)
accepted
Species
Heterochaeta major Dahl F., 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heterochaeta zetesios Wolfenden, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heterorhabdus major (Dahl F., 1894) · unaccepted
Heterorhabdus zetesios (Wolfenden, 1902) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heterochaeta major Dahl F., 1894) Dahl, F. (1894). Über die horizontale und verticale Verbreitung der Copepoden im Ocean. [On the horizontal and vertical distribution of copepods in the ocean.]. <em>Verhadlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft auf der vierten Jahresversammlung, Leipzig.</em> :61-80. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heterostylites major (Dahl F., 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104587 on 2025-07-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heterochaeta major Dahl F., 1894) Dahl, F. (1894). Über die horizontale und verticale Verbreitung der Copepoden im Ocean. [On the horizontal and vertical distribution of copepods in the ocean.]. <em>Verhadlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft auf der vierten Jahresversammlung, Leipzig.</em> :61-80. [details]
original description (of Heterochaeta zetesios Wolfenden, 1902) Wolfenden, R.N. (1902). The plankton of the Faroe Channel and Shetlands. Preliminary notes and some Radiolaria and Copepoda. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 6:344-372, pls. 1-4, chart. (i-1902) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Heterochaeta zetesios Wolfenden, 1902) Wolfenden, R.N. (1902). The plankton of the Faroe Channel and Shetlands. Preliminary notes and some Radiolaria and Copepoda. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 6:344-372, pls. 1-4, chart. (i-1902) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Park, T. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod Family Heterorhabdididae. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California.</em> 31:1-269.
page(s): 40-42 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 40-42 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ohtsuka, S., H.Y. Soh & S. Nishida. (1997). Evolutionary switching from suspension feeding to carnivory in the calanoid family Heterorhabdidae (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 17(4):577-595. (6.xi.1997) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ohtsuka, S., H.Y. Soh & S. Nishida. (1997). Evolutionary switching from suspension feeding to carnivory in the calanoid family Heterorhabdidae (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 17(4):577-595. (6.xi.1997) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Heterochaeta zetesios Wolfenden, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterostylites major)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Heterochaeta major Dahl F., 1894)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Heterochaeta zetesios Wolfenden, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterostylites major)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Heterochaeta major Dahl F., 1894)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
