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

Ameiridae Boeck, 1865

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ameira Boeck, 1865
Ameiropsis Sars G.O., 1907
Ameiropsyllus Huys, 2009
Biameiropsis Karanovic, 2006
Filexilia Conroy-Dalton & Huys, 1997
Haifameira Por, 1964
Leptameira Huys, 2009
Leptomesochra Sars G.O., 1911
Limameira Soyer, 1975
Nitocra Boeck, 1865
Nitocrella Chappuis, 1924
Nitocrellopsis Petkovski, 1976
Nitokra Boeck, 1864
Parapseudoleptomesochra Lang, 1965
Parevansula Guille & Soyer, 1966
Praeleptomesochra Lang, 1965
Proameira Lang, 1944
Psammameira Noodt, 1952
Pseudameira Sars G.O., 1911
Pseudoleptomesochrella Lang, 1965
Psyllocamptus Scott T., 1899
Sarsameira Wilson C.B., 1924
Sicameira Klie, 1950
Stenocopia Sars G.O., 1907
Stygonitocrella Petkovski, 1976

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ボウソコミジンコ科

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
additional source	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. 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. 50:268-280.
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.
additional source	Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6.
additional source	Monard, A. (1935). Etude sur la faune des Harpacticoides marins de Roscoff. Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. 13: 5-89, figs. 1-235.
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. 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. 89: 1-304.
additional source	Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. . 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. 4174:448-729.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ameiridae Boeck, 1865. 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:115135

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Ameiridae Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b46c0540-3f16-4558-9d8b-cde6db141dd7