Copepoda taxon details
Harpacticus flexus Brady & Robertson, 1873
116168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116168)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 134 [details]
page(s): 134 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Harpacticus flexus Brady & Robertson, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116168 on 2025-11-17
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Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 134 [details]
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
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Monard, A. (1935). Les Harpacticoides marins de la region de Salammbo. <em>Bulletin de la Station Oceanographique Salammbo.</em> 34: 1-94, figs. 1-145. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Souza-Santos, L.P., J. Castel & P.J.P. Dos Santos. (1995). Feeding Rate Cycle of the Epibenthic Harpacticoid Copepod Harpacticus flexus: Laboratory Ecperiments Using Fecal Pellet Counts. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 45(1): 75-83. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monard, A. (1926). Sur les Harpacticus de Banyuls. [On the Harpacticus of Banyuls.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 51:4l9-434, figs. 1-43. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monard, A. (1928). Les Harpacticoïdes marins de Banyuls. [The marine Harpacticoids of Banyuls.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 67(4):259-443, figs. 1-48. (20-vii-1928). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). [Distribution, ecology and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard (Netherlands)]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium.</em> 2 vols:198 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 134 [details]
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
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Monard, A. (1935). Les Harpacticoides marins de la region de Salammbo. <em>Bulletin de la Station Oceanographique Salammbo.</em> 34: 1-94, figs. 1-145. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Souza-Santos, L.P., J. Castel & P.J.P. Dos Santos. (1995). Feeding Rate Cycle of the Epibenthic Harpacticoid Copepod Harpacticus flexus: Laboratory Ecperiments Using Fecal Pellet Counts. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 45(1): 75-83. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Monard, A. (1926). Sur les Harpacticus de Banyuls. [On the Harpacticus of Banyuls.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 51:4l9-434, figs. 1-43. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Monard, A. (1928). Les Harpacticoïdes marins de Banyuls. [The marine Harpacticoids of Banyuls.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 67(4):259-443, figs. 1-48. (20-vii-1928). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). [Distribution, ecology and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard (Netherlands)]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium.</em> 2 vols:198 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (dock) [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpacticus flexus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpacticus flexus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
