Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Miraciidae > Subfamily Diosaccinae

Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Schizopera (Neoschizopera)*	Apostolov, 1982	synonym
*Schizopera (Schizopera)*	Sars G.O., 1905	synonym
*Schizoperopsis*	Apostolov, 1982	synonym

Children

Schizopera arconae Arlt, 1983
Schizopera baltica Lang, 1965
Schizopera borutzkyi Monchenko, 1967
Schizopera brusinae Petkovski, 1954
Schizopera chaetosa Petkovski, 1954
Schizopera cicolanii Galassi & Pesce, 1988
Schizopera clandestina (Klie, 1923)
Schizopera compacta Lint, 1922
Schizopera elatensis Kahan & Bar-El, 1982
Schizopera gliglici Petkovski, 1957
Schizopera jugurtha (Blanchard & Richard, 1891)
Schizopera kunzi Apostolov, 1967
Schizopera lagrecai Pesce, 1987
Schizopera langi Petkovski, 1954
Schizopera lindae Apostolov & Pesce, 1987
Schizopera meridionalis Petkovski, 1954
Schizopera minuta Noodt, 1955
Schizopera monardi Petkovski, 1955
Schizopera nana Noodt, 1955
Schizopera neglecta Akatova, 1935
Schizopera ornata Noodt & Purasjoki, 1953
Schizopera parvula Noodt, 1955
Schizopera petkovski Apostolov, 1971
Schizopera petkovskii Apostolov, 1971
Schizopera pontica Chappuis & Serban, 1953
Schizopera pratensis Noodt, 1958
Schizopera subterranea Lang, 1948
Schizoperopsis (Schizoperopsis) Apostolov, 1982

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1905). Pacifische Plankton-Crustaceen. (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackwasser-Crustaceen von den Chatham-Inseln. [Pacific plankton crustaceans. (Results of a voyage to the Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackish water crustaceans from the Chatham Islands.]. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 21(4):371-414.
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.
additional source	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).
additional source	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.).
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.
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1982). Genres et sous-genres nouveaux de la famille Diosaccidae Sars et Cylindropsyllidae Sars, Lang (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea). [New genera and subgenera of the family Diosaccidae Sars and Cylindropsyllidae Sars, Lang (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea).]. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 19: 37-42.
source of synonymy	Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115325

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/335d0f1f-477b-4564-a202-4a9904f00602