WoRMS taxon details
Heteroptilus attenuatus (Sars G.O., 1905)
104441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104441)
accepted
Species
Pontoptilus attenuatus Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pontoptilus attenuatus Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 40:1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59328 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Heteroptilus attenuatus (Sars G.O., 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104441 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pontoptilus attenuatus Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 40:1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59328 [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]
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]
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 
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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]
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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
