WoRMS taxon details

Tigriopus brevicornis (Müller O.F., 1776)

116183  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116183)

accepted
Species
Cyclops brevicornis Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted (generic transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclops brevicornis Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary  
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Tigriopus brevicornis (Müller O.F., 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116183 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature

original description (of Cyclops brevicornis Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Paquet, F. & J.C. Lacaze. (1990). Influence de la photooxydation sur la toxicite d'un petrole brut. Effets sur la production larvaire du copepode (Tigriopus brevicornis.) [Influence of photooxidation on the toxicity of crude oil. Effects on the larval production of the copepod (Tigriopus brevicornis).]. <em>Journal de Recherche Océanographique.</em> 15(3-4):72-77. [details] 

Other

additional source Lode, T., J. Heuschele, T. Andersen, J. Titelman, K. Hylland & K. Borgå. (2020). Contrasting Effects of Predation Risk and Copper on Copepod Respiration Rates. <em>Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry.</em> 39(9):1765-1773., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4804 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jager, T., J. Heuschele, T. Lode & K. Borga. (2021). Analysing individual growth curves for the copepod Tigriopus brevicornis, while considering changes in shape. <em>Journal Of Sea Research.</em> 174: ???? Aug 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2021.102075 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sutomo. (2007). Pengaruh jenis pakan mikroalga terhadap pertumbuhan populasi Kopepoda Harpacticoid, Tigriopus brevicornis yang diisolasi dari Perairan Marunda, Jakarta Utara. [The influence of microalgae feed type on the population growth of harpacticoid kopepoda, Tigriopus brevicornis isolated from the waters of Marunda, North Jakarta.]. <em>Ilmu Kelautan:, Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 12(4):219-226. (In Indonesian; English abstract]., available online at https://doi.org/10.14710/ik.ijms.12.4.219-226 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Colom, G. (1957). Biogeografia de las Baleares (La Formacion de las Islas y el origin de su flora y de su fauna.). <em>Estudio General Lu Liano de Mallorca, Serie ceintifica.</em> 1:1-568, figs. 1-119., available online at http://pdf is partial [Los crustaceos de las aguas dulces :455-475] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sutomo. (2007). Pertumbuhan Populasi Kopepoda Harpacticoid, Tigriopus sp. dengan Jenis Pakan Mikroalga yang Berbeda. [Population growth of harpacticoid copepod, Tigriopus sp. fed different microalgae diets.]. <em>Jurnal Perikanan Universitas Gadjah Mada.</em> 9(2):297-306. [In Bahasa; English abstract]., available online at https://doi.org/10.22146/jfs.43 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vecchioni, L. (2020). Systematics and phylogeography of the genus Tigriopus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Harpacticidae) in the basin of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Doctoral Thesis, Universita degli Studi di Palermo & Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.</em> 98 pp. [In English; abstracts in Castellano & Catalan]., available online at http:// https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/144122 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Matthews, B.F. (1982). The biology of British marine Hemiuridae. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England, UK.</em> 265 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.24382/4780 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pavillon, J.F., J. Oudot, A. Dlugon, E. Roger & G. Juhel. (2002). Impact of the 'Erika' oil spill on the Tigriopus brevicornis ecosystem at the Le Croisic headland (France): Preliminary observations. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82(3): 409-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315402005659 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vilela, M.H. (1992). Mass culture and nutritional quality of the marine copepod Tigriopus brevicornis Mueller. Boletim do Instituto Nacional de Investigaçao das Pescas, Lisbon 17:49-63. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sun, J., S.Q. Song, Z.L. Xu, Z.L. Wang & M.Y. Zhu. (2007). The selective grazing of Calanus sinicus during a Karenia mikimotoi bloom in the East China Sea. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 38(6):536-541. [In Chinese.] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Veslonogiye rakoobraznyye otryada Harpactiocida Belogo morya. Morfologiya, sistematika, ekologiya. [Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecology.]. <em>Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow.</em> 370 pp. (Russian). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R. & E. Brennan. (2009). The effect of environmental variation on the reproductive development time and output of the high-shore rockpool copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 368(1):75-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.013 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Denis, F., R. Ravallec, J.F. Pavillon & A. Van Wormhoudt. (2009). Genetic differentiation of Atlantic populations of the intertidal copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. Scientia Marina 73(3):579-587., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2009.73n3579 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Handschumacher, L., M.B. Steinarsdóttir, S. Edmands & A. Ingólfsson. (2010). Phylogeography of the rock-pool copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (Harpacticoida) in the northern North Atlantic, and its relationship to other species of the genus. Marine Biology 157(6):1357-1366., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1415-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Barka, S., J.F. Pavillon & C. Amiard-Triquet. (2010). Metal distributions in Tigriopus brevicornis (Crustacea, Copepoda) exposed to copper, zinc, nickel, cadmium, silver, and mercury, and implication for subsequent transfer in the food web. <em>Environmental Toxicology.</em> 25(4):350-360., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.20505 [details] 

additional source Van Wormhoudt, A. (2015). Seasonal and cyclical changes in genetic composition of the marine intertidal rock pool copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. <em>Biochemical Genetics.</em> 53(4-6):79-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-015-9674-0 [details] 

additional source Corcora, T.O., J. Davenport & M.A.K. Jansen, Marcel A. K. (2016). The copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (O. F. Muller, 1776) gains UV protection by feeding on uv-acclimated algae. Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 36(5):658-660., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002462 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Barka, S. (2007). Insoluble detoxification of trace metals in a marine copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (Muller) exposed to copper, zinc, nickel, cadmium, silver and mercury. <em>Ecotoxicology.</em> 16(7):491-502., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-007-0155-z [details] 

additional source Ar-Rushdi, A.H. (1963). The cytology of achiasmatic meiosis in the female Tigriopus (Copepoda). Chromosoma, Berlin 13:526-539, figs. 1-27. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Barka, S., J. Forget, M.R. Menasria & J.F. Pavillon. (1998). Can the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (Muller) be considered as an environment quality sentry in supralittoral zone? Journal de Recherche Océanographique 23(4):131-138. (4e trimestre, 1998) [details] 

additional source Barka, S., J.F. Pavillon & A.C. Amiard. (2001). Influence of different essential and non-essential metals on MTLP levels in the copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, Toxicology and Pharmacology.</em> 128(4):479-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1532-0456(00)00198-8 [details] 

additional source Carli, A. & A. Fiori. (1977). Morphological analysis of the two Tigriopus species found along the European coasts. Natura, Milan 68(1-2):101-110, figs. 1-12. (15-vi-1977) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Carli, A. & A. Loi. (1965). Resistenza alla temperatura del Copepode Tigriopus brevicornis O.F. Müller a diverse concentrazioni saline. [Temperature resistance of the copepod Tigriopus brevicornis O.F. Müller at different salt concentrations.]. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova.</em> 35(198):23-31, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Comita, G.W. & J.J. Comita. (1966). Egg production in Tigriopus brevicornis. In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some contemporary studies in marine science. Allen & Unwin Ltd., New York :171-185, figs. 1-11, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1993). Pictorial keys for the identification of crustacean nauplii from the marine meiobenthos. Journal of Crustacean Biology 13(3):609-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548802 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Damgaard, R.M. & J. Davenport. (1994). Salinity tolerance, salinity preference and temperature tolerance in the high-shore harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. <em>Marine Biology, Berlin.</em> 118(3):443-449, figs 1-4, tabs 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00350301 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Davenport, J., A. Healy, N. Casey & J.J.A. Heffron. (2004). Diet-dependent UVAR and UVBR resistance in the high shore harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 276:299-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps276299 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Davenport, J., P.R.O. Barnett & R.J. McAllen. (1997). Environmental tolerances of three species of the harpacticoid copepod genus Tigriopus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 77(1):3-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400033749 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 191 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Falchier, M., P. Lassus, M. Bardouil, L. Le Dean, P. Truquet & G. Bocquene. (1982). Sensibilité thermique d'un Copépode Harpacticoïde: Tigriopus brevicornis Müller. [Thermal sensitivity of a Harpacticoid Copepod: Tigriopus brevicornis Müller.]. <em>Revue et Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 45(2):141-153, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-2. (English summary.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gallucci, F. & E. Ólafsson. (2007). Cannibalistic behaviour of rock-pool copepods: An experimental approach for space, food and kinship. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 342(2):325-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2006.11.004 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gilat, E. (1967). On the feeding of a benthonic copepod, Tigriopus brevicornis O.F. Müller. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station Israel 45:79-95, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-4. (v-1967) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Harris, R.P. (1973). Feeding, growth, reproduction and nitrogen utilization by the harpacticoid copepod, Tigriopus brevicornis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 53(4):785-800, fig. 1, tabs. 1-8. (xi-1973), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400022475 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ingólfsson, A. & M.B. Steinarsdóttir. (2006). First records of two remarkable copepods (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the upper littoral fringe of eastern North America. Crustaceana 79(3):257-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759590 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Johnson, M.P. (2001). Metapopulation dynamics of Tigriopus brevicornis (Harpacticoida) in intertidal rock pools. Marine Ecology Progress Series 211:215-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps211215 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Künnemann, T.D. (1998). Leben im Gezeitentümpel - Untersuchungen zur Biologie des harpacticoiden Copepoden Tigriopus brevicornis. [Life in tidal pools - studies on the biology of the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis.]. <em>Diplomarbeit, Oldenburg University, Oldenburg, Germany.</em> [details] 

additional source Jung, S.O., Y.M. Lee, T.J. Park, H.G. Park, K.M.Y. Leung, H.U. Dahms, W. Lee & J.S. Lee. (2006). The complete mitochondrial genome of the intertidal copepod Tigriopus sp. (Copepoda, Harpactidae) from Korea and phylogenetic considerations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 333(2):251-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.047 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lazzaretto, I. & A. Libertini. (1985). Karyological comparison among three species of the genus Tigriopus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (8)76(6):377-381, pl. 1, tab. 1. (Italian summary.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Mazzocchi, M.G. & G.A. Paffenhöfer. (1999). Swimming and feeding behaviour of the planktonic copepod Clausocalanus furcatus. Journal of Plankton Research 21(8):1501-1518., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/21.8.1501 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R. (1999). Enteromorpha intestinalis: A refuge for the supralittoral rockpool harpacticold copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79(6):1125-1126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315499001393 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R. (2001). Hanging on in there: Position maintenance by the high-shore rockpool harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. Journal of Natural History 35(12): 1821-1829., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110098120 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R. (2003). Variation in the free amino acid concentrations of the supralittoral rockpool copepod crustacean Tigriopus brevicornis during osmotic stress. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83(5):921-922., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315403008051h [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R. & W. Block. (1997). Aspects of the cryobiology of the intertidal harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (O. F. Muller). <em>Cryobiology.</em> 35(4):309-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/cryo.1997.2046 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R., A.C. Taylor & J. Davenport. (1998). Osmotic and body density response in the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis in supralittoral rock pools. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 78(4):1143-1153. (xi.1998)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400044386 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McAllen, R., A.C. Taylor & J. Davenport. (1999). The effects of temperature and oxygen partial pressure on the rate of oxygen consumption of the high-shore rock pool copepod Tigriopus brevicornis. <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A, Molecular and Integrative Physiology.</em> 123(2):195-202. (vi.1999)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00050-1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]

Habitat intertidal  [details]
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