Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104434 on 2026-05-31
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]
Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic.
Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949)
Zooplankton research off Peru: A review.
Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. Progress in Oceanography. 79(2-4):238-255.
Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand.
Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970)
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiidae, Tortanidae.
Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268.
K faune i raspredeleniyu veslonogikh rachkov Calanoida poverkhnostnykh vod severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana. [On the fauna and distribution of the calanoid copepods from the surface waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean.]
Brodsky, K.A. (1962). K faune i raspredeleniyu veslonogikh rachkov Calanoida poverkhnostnykh vod severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana. [On the fauna and distribution of the calanoid copepods from the surface waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean.]. Issledovaniya dal'nevost. Morei SSSR. 8:91-166, figs. 1-60. (Russian).
Nota sobre la presencia en el Atlantico de dos especies recientes de Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Note on the presence in the Atlantic of two recent species of Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida).]
Corral-Estrada, J. (1970). Nota sobre la presencia en el Atlantico de dos especies recientes de Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Note on the presence in the Atlantic of two recent species of Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. Vieraea: Folia Scientarum Biologicarum Canariensium. 1:12-20, pls. 1-3.
The genus Euaugaptilus (Crustacea, Copepoda). New descriptions and a review of the genus in relation to Augaptilus, Haloptilus and Pseudaugaptilus.
Matthews, J.B.L. (1972). The genus Euaugaptilus (Crustacea, Copepoda). New descriptions and a review of the genus in relation to Augaptilus, Haloptilus and Pseudaugaptilus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 24(1):1-71, figs. 1-13, tabs. 1-7.
Calanoid copepods of the genus Haloptilus from antarctic and subantarctic waters.
Park, T. (1988). Calanoid copepods of the genus Haloptilus from antarctic and subantarctic waters. Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIX. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 47:1-25, figs. 1-14.
Genus Haloptilus (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the equatorial region of the Indian Ocean.
Sarala Devi, K. & T.S.S. Rao. (1980). Genus Haloptilus (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the equatorial region of the Indian Ocean. Mahasagar, Goa 13(1):67-70, fig. 1. (iii-1980)
Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae.
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.
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin.
Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico.
Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. 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. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
[Checklist of marine biota of China seas]
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas.
Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56.
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.
Distribution for Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht, 1889) - North East Pacific
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 104434
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 104077
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 104077
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 8455
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 7125
Specification Context: Type mean