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

Tetragoniceps Brady & Robertson, 1880

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Tetragoniceps bergensis Por, 1965
Tetragoniceps bookhouti Coull, 1971
Tetragoniceps brevicauda Scott T., 1900
Tetragoniceps malleolata Brady, 1880
Tetragoniceps scotti Sars G.O., 1911

Literature

original description	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 2:1-182, pls. 34-82.
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	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.
additional source	Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1876). Report on dredgings off the coast of Durham and North Yorkshire in 1874. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held at Bristol in August 1875, Taylor and Francis Printers, London, 278 pp. Vols. 1,2. 45 :185-199. (For 1875).
additional source	Coull, B.C. (1973). Harpacticoid copepod (Crustacea) of the family Tetragonicipitidae Lang: a review and revision with keys to the genera and species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 86(2):9-24, tabs. 1-2. (31-v-1973)
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1911). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXXIII & XXXIV. Supplement (continued). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen. 5:397-420, suppl. pls. 27-42.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tetragoniceps Brady & Robertson, 1880. 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:115454