Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104586 on 2026-03-29
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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.]
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m.
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Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean.
Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin.
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Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico.
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[Checklist of marine biota of China seas]
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Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas.
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Evolutionary transformation of mouthparts from particle-feeding to piercing carnivory in Viper copepods: Review and 3D analyses of a key innovation using advanced imaging techniques .
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ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod Family Heterorhabdididae.
Park, T. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod Family Heterorhabdididae. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California. 31:1-269.
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Sars, G.O. (1924). Copépodes particulièrement bathypélagiques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 69(1924-1925):pls. 1-127
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith
Distribution for Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - North East Pacific
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 104586
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 104087
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 104087
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: Sex female
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 8455
Specification Context: Type mean