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

Parastenheliidae Lang, 1944

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Foweya Gee, 2006
Microthalestris Sars G.O., 1905
Parastenhelia Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
Thalestrella Monard, 1935

Literature

original description	Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala. 39 pp. (19-ii-1944).
basis of record	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	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	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)
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.
identification resource	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. In: Huys, R. (ed.). Systematics and Taxonomy of Harpacticoid Copepods—A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Prof. John B.J. Wells, Zootaxa, 569 pp. 5051 (1): 236–318.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parastenheliidae Lang, 1944. 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:115169