Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Miraciidae Dana, 1846

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Miraciidae Dana, 1846

Diosaccidae

AphiaID

115163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115163)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Harpacticoida

Original name

Miraciidae Dana, 1846

Synonymised names

Diosaccidae Sars G.O., 1906 · unaccepted

Macrosetellidae Scott A., 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Genus Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927
Subfamily Diosaccinae Sars G.O., 1906
1. Genus Actopsyllus Wells, 1967
2. Genus Amonardia Lang, 1944
3. Genus Amphiascoides Nicholls, 1941
4. Genus Amphiascus Sars G.O., 1905
5. Genus Antiboreodiosaccus Lang, 1944
6. Genus Balucopsylla Rao, 1972
7. Genus Bulbamphiascus Lang, 1944
8. Genus Dactylopodamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
9. Genus Dinetocaris Gómez, Corgosinho & Rivera-Sánchez, 2021
10. Genus Diosaccopsis Brian, 1925
11. Genus Diosaccus Boeck, 1873
12. Genus Eoschizopera Wells & Rao, 1976
13. Genus Goffinella Wilson C.B., 1932
14. Genus Haloschizopera Lang, 1944
15. Genus Helmutkunzia Wells & Rao, 1976
16. Genus Ialysus Brian, 1927
17. Genus Metamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
18. Genus Miscegenus Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982
19. Genus Monardius Huys, 2009
20. Genus Neomiscegenus Karanovic & Ranga Reddy, 2004
21. Genus Pallarica Gómez, Corgosinho & Rivera-Sánchez, 2021
22. Genus Paramphiascella Lang, 1944
23. Genus Paramphiascoides Wells, 1967
24. Genus Pararobertsonia Lang, 1944
25. Genus Parialysus Nicholls, 1941
26. Genus Pholenota Vervoort, 1964
27. Genus Protopsammotopa Geddes, 1968
28. Genus Psammotopa Pennak, 1942
29. Genus Pseudamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
30. Genus Pseudobalucopsylla Mu & Huys, 2021
31. Genus Pseudodiosaccopsis Lang, 1944
32. Genus Pseudodiosaccus Scott T., 1906
33. Genus Rhyncholagena Lang, 1944
34. Genus Robertgurneya Apostolov & Marinov, 1988
35. Genus Robertgurneyella Gómez, 2020
36. Genus Robertsonia Brady, 1880
37. Genus Sarsamphiascus Huys, 2009
38. Genus Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905
39. Genus Schizoperoides Por, 1968
40. Genus Spinodiosaccus Gómez, Corgosinho & Rivera-Sánchez, 2021
41. Genus Spinopedia Gómez, Corgosinho & Rivera-Sánchez, 2021
42. Genus Tydemanella Scott A., 1909
43. Genus Typhlamphiascus Lang, 1944
44. Genus Dinetia Gómez, Corgosinho & Rivera-Sánchez, 2021 accepted as Dinetocaris Gómez, Corgosinho & Rivera-Sánchez, 2021 (Name preoccupied by Dinetia Decraemer & Gourbault, 1997 (Nematoda: Draconematidae))
45. Genus Jalysus Sewell, 1940 accepted as Ialysus Brian, 1927
46. Genus Paramphiascopsis Lang, 1944 accepted as Amphiascus Sars G.O., 1905 (synonym)
47. Genus Robertgurneya Lang, 1948 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
48. Genus Robertgurneya Lang, 1944 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Subfamily Miraciinae Dana, 1846
1. Genus Distioculus Huys & Böttger-Schnack, 1994
2. Genus Macrosetella Scott A., 1909
3. Genus Miracia Dana, 1846
4. Genus Oculosetella Dahl F., 1895
Subfamily Stenheliinae Brady, 1880
1. Genus Anisostenhelia Mu & Huys, 2002
2. Genus Archaeohuysia Gómez, 2021
3. Genus Beatricella Scott T., 1905
4. Genus Delavalia Brady, 1869
5. Genus Diarthropodella Gómez, 2021
6. Genus Itostenhelia Karanovic & Kim K., 2014
7. Genus Lonchoeidestenhelia Gómez, 2020
8. Genus Melima Por, 1964
9. Genus Muohuysia Özdikmen, 2009
10. Genus Onychostenhelia Itô Tat., 1979
11. Genus Pseudostenhelia Wells, 1967
12. Genus Stenhelia Boeck, 1865
13. Genus Wellstenhelia Karanovic & Kim K., 2014
14. Genus Wellstenvalia Gómez & Cruz-Barraza, 2021
15. Genus Willenstenhelia Karanovic & Kim K., 2014
16. Genus Cladorostrata Shen & Tai, 1963 accepted as Cladorostrata Tai & Song, 1979 (unaccepted > unavailable name, No type species defined in Shen & Tai, 1963)
17. Genus Hicksia Mu & Huys, 2002 accepted as Muohuysia Özdikmen, 2009 (junior homonym of Hicksia Delgado, 1904 (Trilobita))
Genus Amphiascella Lang, 1944 accepted as Amphiascoides Nicholls, 1941 (synonym)
Genus Dactylamphiascopsis Lang, 1948 accepted as Dactylopodamphiascopsis Lang, 1944 (synonym)
Genus Dwightia Wilson C.B., 1924 accepted as Macrosetella Scott A., 1909 (synonym)
Genus Ikanecator Zoral & Lajbner in: Zoral, Lajbner, Zifcakova & Miller, 2024 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Mesamphiascus Nicholls, 1941 accepted as Sarsamphiascus Huys, 2009
Subfamily Miracinae Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Miraciinae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Paradiosaccus Lang, 1944 accepted as Diosaccus Boeck, 1873 (recognised as synonym by Lang, 1965)
Genus Protoleptastacus Noodt, 1952 accepted as Psammotopa Pennak, 1942 (synonym)
Genus Schizoperopsis Apostolov, 1982 accepted as Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905
Genus Setella Dana, 1846 accepted as Dwightia Wilson C.B., 1924 accepted as Macrosetella Scott A., 1909 (synonym)
Genus Spio Brady & Robertson, 1876 accepted as Delavalia Brady, 1869 (preoccupied by Spio Fabricius, 1785)
Genus Teisseriella Apostolov, 1968 accepted as Robertsonia Brady, 1880 (mis spell of Teissierella Monard, 1935)
Genus Teissierella Monard, 1935 accepted as Monardius Huys, 2009 (synonym)
Genus Varnaia Klie, 1937 accepted as Robertsonia Brady, 1880 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series. 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Miraciidae Dana, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115163 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Huys, Rony

2005-05-03 07:34:09Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-06-24 05:45:50Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2010-07-23 13:52:28Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-06-21 12:06:04Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series. 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846]. [details]

original description (of Diosaccidae Sars G.O., 1906) Sars, G.O. (1906). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XI & XII. Thalestridae (continued), Diosaccidae (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 5:133-156, pls. 81-96. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Macrosetellidae Scott A., 1909) Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 230 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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