Synonymy: Eurycope Sars, 1864: 4 (208); Richardson, 1905: 490; Hansen, 1916: 137; Wolff, 1956: 123, 1962: 143; Wilson & Hessler, 1980: 241, 1981: 403; Wilson, 1983: 452; Svavarsson, 1987: 183; Kussakin, 2003: 21; Malyutina & Brandt, 2006: 12.
Type species: Eurycope cornuta Sars, 1864, by original designation.