WoRMS taxon details
Parategastes Sars G.O., 1904
115445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115445)
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Genus
Parategastes sphaericus (Claus, 1863) accepted as Parategastes sphaericus sphaericus (Claus, 1863) (type by original designation)
- Species Parategastes caprinus Wellershaus, 1970
- Species Parategastes chalmersi (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
- Species Parategastes coetzeei Kunz, 1980
- Species Parategastes conexus Humes, 1984
- Species Parategastes haphe Leigh-Sharpe, 1936
- Species Parategastes herteli Jakobi, 1953
- Species Parategastes similis Sewell, 1924
- Species Parategastes longimana Pesta, 1927 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Parategastes sphaericus (Claus, 1863) accepted as Parategastes sphaericus sphaericus (Claus, 1863)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1904). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts V & VI. Harpacticidae (concluded), Peltidiidae, Tegastidae, Porcellidiidae, Idyidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:57-80, pls. 33-48. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parategastes Sars G.O., 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115445 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1904). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts V & VI. Harpacticidae (concluded), Peltidiidae, Tegastidae, Porcellidiidae, Idyidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:57-80, pls. 33-48. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
