Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida

Acartiidae Sars G.O., 1903

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acartia Dana, 1846
Paracartia Scott T., 1894
Pteriacartia Belmonte, 1998

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アカルチア科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XIII & XIV, Parapontellidae, Acartiidae, supplement. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:145-171, pls. 97-102, suppl. pls. 1-6.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1976). Partial revision of the Acartia subgenus Acartiura (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(1):159-202, figs. 1-33. (iii-1976)
additional source	Belmonte, G. (2021). Acartiidae Sars G.O, 1903. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton. Leaflet No. 194: 1-29.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acartiidae Sars G.O., 1903. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104074

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Acartiidae Sars G.O., 1903. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/281c9eb9-4ee0-4103-824d-03e85831aae0