WoRMS taxon details
Microthalestris Sars G.O., 1905
150133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150133)
accepted
Genus
Microthalestris forficula (Claus, 1863) (type by monotypy)
- Species Microthalestris antarctica (Scott T., 1912)
- Species Microthalestris bulbosa (Gee, 2006)
- Species Microthalestris campbelliensis Huys & Mu, 2021
- Species Microthalestris costata (Pallares, 1982)
- Species Microthalestris forficuloides (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894)
- Species Microthalestris gracilis (Brady, 1910)
- Species Microthalestris littoralis Sars G. O., 1911
- Species Microthalestris minuta (Pallares, 1982)
- Species Microthalestris polaris Huys & Mu, 2021
- Species Microthalestris santacruzensis Huys & Mu, 2021
- Species Microthalestris sarsi Huys & Mu, 2021
- Species Microthalestris variabilis Huys & Mu, 2021
- Species Microthalestris littoralis Sars G.O., 1911 accepted as Amonardia littoralis (Sars G.O., 1911) accepted as Parastenhelia littoralis (Sars G.O., 1911) accepted as Microthalestris littoralis Sars G. O., 1911 (synonym)
- Species Microthalestris forficula (Claus, 1863) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1905). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts IX & X. Thalestridae (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:109-132, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Taxonomy Huys & Mu (2021) moved Microthalestris from the Miraciidae to the Parastenheliidae.
Taxonomy Additional species inquirendae. Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860; Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860) sensu Pesta (1959),...
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae
Taxonomy Huys & Mu (2021) moved Microthalestris from the Miraciidae to the Parastenheliidae. [details]
Taxonomy Additional species inquirendae. Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860; Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860) sensu Pesta (1959),...
Taxonomy Additional species inquirendae. Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860; Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860) sensu Pesta (1959), sensu Marinov (1974), sensu Wells & Rao (1987) and sensu Kornev & Chertoprud (2008); Parastenhelia spinosa f. bulgarica Apostolov, 1968; Microthalestris forficula (Claus, 1863) sensu Wilson (1932b); Microthalestris littoralis Sars, 1911 sensu Willey (1935) and sensu Nicholls (1945).
Species incertae sedis. Thalestris karmensis Boeck, 1865; Dactylopus longipes Boeck, 1873. [details]
Species incertae sedis. Thalestris karmensis Boeck, 1865; Dactylopus longipes Boeck, 1873. [details]
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Microthalestris Sars G.O., 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150133 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1905). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts IX & X. Thalestridae (continued). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:109-132, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors
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Huys, R. & F.H. Mu. (2021). Johnwellsia, a new intertidal genus of Parastenheliidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Taiwan Strait, China, including a review of the family and key to genera. <em>In: Huys, R. (ed.). Systematics and Taxonomy of Harpacticoid Copepods—A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Prof. John B.J. Wells, Zootaxa, 569 pp.</em> 5051 (1): 236–318., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5051.1.13
page(s): 269-270; note: Up-dated diagnosis. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 269-270; note: Up-dated diagnosis. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors
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context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Lang, K. (1934). Marine Harpacticiden von der Campbell-Insel und einigen anderen südlichen Inseln. [Marine harpacticids from Campbell Island and some other southern islands.]. <em>Acta Universitatis Lundensis, New Series, Avd. 2, 30(14) (= Kungl. Fysiografiska Sallskapets Handlingar, Lund.</em> 45(14)):1-56, figs. 1-153. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lang, K. (1934). Marine Harpacticiden von der Campbell-Insel und einigen anderen südlichen Inseln. [Marine harpacticids from Campbell Island and some other southern islands.]. <em>Acta Universitatis Lundensis, New Series, Avd. 2, 30(14) (= Kungl. Fysiografiska Sallskapets Handlingar, Lund.</em> 45(14)):1-56, figs. 1-153. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Huys & Mu (2021) moved Microthalestris from the Miraciidae to the Parastenheliidae. [details]Taxonomy Additional species inquirendae. Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860; Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860) sensu Pesta (1959), sensu Marinov (1974), sensu Wells & Rao (1987) and sensu Kornev & Chertoprud (2008); Parastenhelia spinosa f. bulgarica Apostolov, 1968; Microthalestris forficula (Claus, 1863) sensu Wilson (1932b); Microthalestris littoralis Sars, 1911 sensu Willey (1935) and sensu Nicholls (1945).
Species incertae sedis. Thalestris karmensis Boeck, 1865; Dactylopus longipes Boeck, 1873. [details]
Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]
