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

Arietellidae Sars G.O., 1902

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arietellus Giesbrecht, 1892
Crassarietellus Ohtsuka, Boxshall & Roe, 1994
Metacalanus Cleve, 1901
Paramisophria Scott T., 1897
Paraugaptilus Wolfenden, 1904
Sarsarietellus Campaner, 1984

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アリエテルス科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XI & XII, Heterorhabdidae (continued), Arietellidae, Pseudocyclopidae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 121-171 pls. 81-96.
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	Soh, H.Y., S.Y. Moon & J.H. Wi. (2013). Arthropoda: Maxillopoda: Copepoda: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Marine Planktonic Copepods II. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea). 21(28):157 pp.
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. Arietellidae Sars G.O., 1902. 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:104076