Copepoda taxon details
Harpacticoida
- Family Adenopleurellidae Huys, 1990
- Family Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893
- Family Ameiridae Boeck, 1865
- Family Ancorabolidae Sars G.O., 1909
- Family Argestidae Por, 1986
- Family Balaenophilidae Sars G.O., 1910
- Family Canthocamptidae Brady, 1880
- Family Ceyloniidae Scott A., 1909
- Family Chappuisiidae Chappuis, 1940
- Family Cletodidae Scott T., 1904
- Family Cletopsyllidae Huys & Willems, 1989
- Family Clytemnestridae Scott A., 1909
- Family Cristacoxidae Huys, 1990
- Family Cylindropsyllidae Sars G.O., 1909
- Family Dactylopusiidae Lang, 1936
- Family Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936
- Family Ectinosomatidae Sars G.O., 1903
- Family Hamondiidae Huys, 1990
- Family Harpacticidae Dana, 1846
- Family Idyanthidae Lang, 1948
- Family Laophontidae Scott T., 1905
- Family Laophontopsidae Huys & Willems, 1989
- Family Latiremidae Bozic, 1969
- Family Leptastacidae Lang, 1948
- Family Leptopontiidae Lang, 1948
- Family Louriniidae Monard, 1927
- Family Metidae Boeck, 1873
- Family Miraciidae Dana, 1846
- Family Nannopodidae Brady, 1880
- Family Neobradyidae Olofsson, 1917
- Family Normanellidae Lang, 1944
- Family Novocriniidae Huys & Iliffe, 1998
- Family Orthopsyllidae Huys, 1990
- Family Parameiropsidae Corgosinho & Martínez Arbizu, 2010
- Family Paramesochridae Lang, 1944
- Family Parastenheliidae Lang, 1944
- Family Parastenocarididae Chappuis, 1940
- Family Peltidiidae Claus, 1860
- Family Phyllognathopodidae Gurney, 1932
- Family Porcellidiidae Boeck, 1865
- Family Protolatiremidae Bozic, 1969
- Family Pseudotachidiidae Lang, 1936
- Family Rhizotrichidae Por, 1986
- Family Rometidae Seifried & Schminke, 2003
- Family Rotundiclipeidae Huys, 1988
- Family Superornatiremidae Huys, 1996
- Family Tachidiidae Sars G.O., 1909
- Family Tegastidae Sars G.O., 1904
- Family Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944
- Family Thalestridae Sars G.O., 1905
- Family Thompsonulidae Lang, 1944
- Family Tisbidae Stebbing, 1910
- Family Viguierellidae Gurney, 1928
- Family Zosimeidae Seifried, 2003
- Family Ambunguipedidae Huys, 1990 accepted as Hamondiidae Huys, 1990 (synonym)
- Family Arenopontiidae Martínez Arbizu & Moura, 1994 accepted as Arenopontiinae Martinez Arbizu & Moura, 1994
- Family Atergopediidae Martinez Arbizu & Moura, 1998 accepted as Novocriniidae Huys & Iliffe, 1998 (synonymy)
- Family Baicalocamptidae Borutzky, 1932 accepted as Baikalocamptidae Borutzky, 1931 accepted as Canthocamptidae Brady, 1880 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Borutzky (1932) proposed the family Baicalocamptidae fam. n., with a new genus and species, Baicalocamptus verestchagini g. n. et sp. n., but there is no evidence of incorrect original spelling of the family name Baikalocamptidae.)
- Family Baikalocamptidae Borutzky, 1931 accepted as Canthocamptidae Brady, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Cancrincolidae Fiers, 1990 accepted as Ameiridae Boeck, 1865
- Family Canthocamptidae Sars G.O., 1906 accepted as Canthocamptidae Brady, 1880 (This is widely used but the authority is incorrect. Sars (1906) upgraded the subfamily Canthocamptinae Brady, 1880 to family level, but in accordance to Art 36 of the ICZN (1999), the authorship must remain with Brady.)
- Family Cerviniidae Sars G.O., 1903 accepted as Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893 (synonymy)
- Family Danielsseniidae Huys & Gee, in Huys, Gee, Moore & Hamond, 1996 accepted as Danielsseniinae Huys & Gee, in Huys, Gee, Moore & Hamond, 1996
- Family Diosaccidae Sars G.O., 1906 accepted as Miraciidae Dana, 1846
- Family Ectinosomidae Sars G.O., 1903 accepted as Ectinosomatidae Sars G.O., 1903 (synonym - incorrectly formed name, see Moore, 1978)
- Family Euterpinidae Brian, 1921 accepted as Tachidiidae Sars G.O., 1909
- Family Heteropsyllidae Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008 accepted as Hemimesochrinae Por, 1986 (synonymy)
- Family Huntemanniidae Por, 1986 accepted as Nannopodidae Brady, 1880 (synonym according to Huys & Kihara (2010))
- Family Idyaeidae Sars G.O., 1910 accepted as Tisbidae Stebbing, 1910 (a senior objective synonym of Tisbidae but treated as a nomen oblitum by Huys, 2010)
- Family Ilyopsyllidae Scott A., 1909 accepted as Metidae Boeck, 1873
- Family Ismardiidae Leigh-Sharpe, 1936 accepted as Harpacticidae Dana, 1846 (Synonym according to Huys & Song (2004))
- Family Macrosetellidae Scott A., 1909 accepted as Miraciidae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Metahuntemanniidae Por, 1986 accepted as Canthocamptidae Brady, 1880 (synonym)
- Family Paranannopidae Por, 1986 accepted as Paranannopinae Por, 1986 accepted as Danielsseniinae Huys & Gee, in Huys, Gee, Moore & Hamond, 1996 (Paranannopidae was relegated to a subfamily of the Pseudotachidiidae by Willen (1999, 2000))
- Family Parastentheliidae Lang, 1948 accepted as Parastenheliidae Lang, 1944 (misspelling)
- Suborder Polyarthra accepted as Canuelloida
- Family Pontostratiotidae Scott A., 1909 accepted as Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893
- Family Psammopsyllidae Krishnaswamy, 1956 accepted as Psammopsyllinae Krishnaswamy, 1956
- Family Pseudopeltidiidae Poppe, 1891 accepted as Clytemnestrinae Scott A., 1909 accepted as Clytemnestridae Scott A., 1909 (synonym)
- Family Pteropsyllidae Nicholls, 1944 accepted as Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944
- Family Remaneidae Nicholls, 1945 accepted as Paramesochridae Lang, 1944
- Family Rhizothricidae Por, 1986 accepted as Rhizotrichidae Por, 1986 (emended spelling (after Boxshall & Halsey: 378))
- Family Rhynchothalestridae Lang, 1948 accepted as Thalestridae Sars G.O., 1905 (synonym)
- Family Styracothoracidae Huys, 1993 accepted as Idyanthidae Lang, 1948 (synonym (after Moura & Martínez Arbizu, 2003))
- Family Tetragonicepsidae Lang, 1944 accepted as Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944 (incorrectly formed name )
- Family Harpacticoida incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts I & II, Misophriidae, Longipediidae, Cerviniidae, Ectinosomidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:1-28, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Copepoda (2025). Harpacticoida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1102 on 2025-07-15
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Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts I & II, Misophriidae, Longipediidae, Cerviniidae, Ectinosomidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:1-28, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
taxonomy source Khodami, S., J.V. McArthur, L. Blanco-Bercial & P. Martínez Arbizu. (2017). Molecular phylogeny and revision of copepod Orders (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1):1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06656-4 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970).
page(s): 49-51 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Seifried, S. (2003). Phylogeny of Harpacticoida (Copepoda): Revision of 'Maxillipedasphalea' and Exanechentera. <em>Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen Germany Ph.D. thesis from 2002.</em> :1-259. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Khodami, S., J.V. McArthur, L. Blanco-Bercial & P. Martínez Arbizu. (2017). Molecular phylogeny and revision of copepod Orders (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1):1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06656-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970).
page(s): 49-51 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Seifried, S. (2003). Phylogeny of Harpacticoida (Copepoda): Revision of 'Maxillipedasphalea' and Exanechentera. <em>Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen Germany Ph.D. thesis from 2002.</em> :1-259. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ハルパクチクス目 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpacticoida)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093924)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Harpacticoida)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093924)
To ITIS
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