WoRMS taxon details
Parathalestris Brady & Robertson, 1873
115465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115465)
accepted
Genus
Parathalestris clausii (Norman, 1869) accepted as Parathalestris clausi (Norman, 1869) (type by original designation)
Halithalestris Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Parathalestris affinis Scott T., 1912
- Species Parathalestris areolata Itô Tat., 1972
- Species Parathalestris aurantiaca Pallares, 1975
- Species Parathalestris bulbiseta Lang, 1965
- Species Parathalestris californica Lang, 1965
- Species Parathalestris cambriensis Wells, 1964
- Species Parathalestris clausi (Norman, 1869)
- Species Parathalestris coatsi Scott T., 1912
- Species Parathalestris croni (Krøyer in Gaimard, 1842)
- Species Parathalestris denti (Brady, 1905)
- Species Parathalestris dovi Marcus, 1966
- Species Parathalestris ganio Brehm, 1938
- Species Parathalestris harpactoides (Claus, 1863)
- Species Parathalestris hibernica (Brady & Robertson, 1873)
- Species Parathalestris incerta Lang, 1936
- Species Parathalestris infesta Ho & Hong, 1988
- Species Parathalestris intermedia Gurney, 1930
- Species Parathalestris irelandica Roe, 1958
- Species Parathalestris jacksoni (Scott T., 1899)
- Species Parathalestris jejuensis Song & Hwang, 2010
- Species Parathalestris mourei Masunari, 1988
- Species Parathalestris northumbrica Norman & Brady, 1909
- Species Parathalestris pacificus Chislenko, 1971
- Species Parathalestris paraharpactoides Lang, 1939
- Species Parathalestris parviseta Chang & Song, 1997
- Species Parathalestris patagonica Pallares, 1975
- Species Parathalestris perplexa (Scott T., 1912)
- Species Parathalestris platycheles (Brady, 1902)
- Species Parathalestris similis Lang, 1936
- Species Parathalestris verrucosa Itô Tat., 1970
- Species Parathalestris vinosa Pallares, 1975
- Species Parathalestris xinzhengi Wu, Ma & Kou, 2023
- Species Parathalestris yeemini Chullasorn, Kangtia & Song, 2016
- Species Parathalestris clausii (Norman, 1869) accepted as Parathalestris clausi (Norman, 1869)
- Species Parathalestris cronii (Krøyer in Gaimard, 1842) accepted as Parathalestris croni (Krøyer in Gaimard, 1842)
- Species Parathalestris infestus Ho & Hong, 1988 accepted as Parathalestris infesta Ho & Hong, 1988 (incorrect spelling according to Huys (2016:478.)
- Species Parathalestris plumiseta Moore, 1976 accepted as Parathalestris intermedia Gurney, 1930 (synonym according to Wells, 2007)
- Species Parathalestris pygmaea (unaccepted > interim unpublished, has never been described, it was only mentioned in the literature by an author and repeated by a second author)
- Species Parathalestris spectabilis Brian, 1923 accepted as Eudactylopus spectabilis (Brian, 1923)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parathalestris Brady & Robertson, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115465 on 2025-07-15
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original description
Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Halithalestris Sars G.O., 1905) 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 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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page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Halithalestris Sars G.O., 1905) 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 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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additional source
Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
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additional source Lang, K. (1936). Copepoda Harpacticoida. In: Bock, S. (ed.). Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. Stockholm 3(3):1-68, figs. 1-92. (ii-1936) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>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.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lang, K. (1936). Copepoda Harpacticoida. In: Bock, S. (ed.). Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. Stockholm 3(3):1-68, figs. 1-92. (ii-1936) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | キシベミジンコモドキ属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Halithalestris 
(from synonym Halithalestris Sars G.O., 1905)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Parathalestris
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Parathalestris
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parathalestris)
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To ITIS
(from synonym Halithalestris Sars G.O., 1905)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Parathalestris
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Parathalestris
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parathalestris)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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