North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948

Laophonte stroemii from Sars, G.O. 1906

AphiaID

115371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115371)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Laophontinae Scott T., 1905

Original name

Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948

Direct children (21)

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Species Heterolaophonte bisetosa Mielke, 1975
Species Heterolaophonte brevipes Roe, 1958
Species Heterolaophonte denticulata Roe, 1958
Species Heterolaophonte discophora (Willey, 1929)
Species Heterolaophonte exigua (Scott T., 1912)
Species Heterolaophonte furcata Noodt, 1958
Species Heterolaophonte hamondi Hicks, 1975
Species Heterolaophonte laurentica (Nicholls, 1941)
Species Heterolaophonte letovae Huys, 1990
Species Heterolaophonte longisetigera Klie, 1950
Species Heterolaophonte mendax (Klie, 1939)
Species Heterolaophonte minuta (Boeck, 1873)
Species Heterolaophonte murmanica Letova, 1982
Species Heterolaophonte norvegica Drzycimski, 1968
Species Heterolaophonte phycobates (Monard, 1935)
Species Heterolaophonte uncinata (Czerniavski, 1868)
Species Heterolaophonte setigera (Krichagin, 1877) accepted as Laophontopsis setigera (Krichagin, 1877)
Species Heterolaophonte sigmoides (Willey, 1931) accepted as Quinquelaophonte quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Heterolaophonte curvata (Douwe, 1929) represented as Heterolaophonte curvata curvata (Douwe, 1929)
Species Heterolaophonte littoralis (Scott T. & Scott A., 1893) represented as Heterolaophonte littoralis littoralis (Scott T. & Scott A., 1893)
Species Heterolaophonte stroemii (Baird, 1837) represented as Heterolaophonte stroemii stroemii (Baird, 1837)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm. 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=115371 on 2026-03-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=115371 on 2026-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Huys, Rony

2008-09-07 11:12:11Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2009-10-01 16:22:36Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2010-10-17 15:51:20Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2021-05-27 15:42:26Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-10-12 18:08:13Z

changed

Gómez-Noguera, Samuel Enrique

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original description Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm. 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Cho, K., J.G. Kim & J. Lee. (2025). Discovery of Laophontidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from marine plastic debris: Pseudonychocamptus setadefectus sp. nov. and Heterolaophonte discophora (Willey, 1929). Zookeys. 1251: 323-352., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/160858/
note: The authors proposed four species groups of Heterolaophonte. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. 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. 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala. 39 pp. (19-ii-1944). [details] Available for editors

additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. 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. 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Huys, R. (2008). Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida): proposed precedence over Mesolaophonte Nicholls, 1941 and Monolaophonte Nicholls, 1941 (Case 3471). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 65(4):282-287. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v65i4.a11 [details] Available for editors

additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2010). Opinion 2249 (Case 3471) Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida): name conserved by precedence over Mesolaophonte Nicholls, 1941 and Monolaophonte Nicholls, 1941. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(2):188-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v67i2.a13 [details] Available for editors