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

Tegastidae Sars G.O., 1904

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Parategastes Sars G.O., 1904
Syngastes Monard, 1924
Tegastes Norman, 1903

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヨコミジンコ科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1904). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts V & VI. Harpacticidae (concluded), Peltidiidae, Tegastidae, Porcellidiidae, Idyidae (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 5:57-80, pls. 33-48.
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	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	Deprez, T. (1999). Taxonlan.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tegastidae Sars G.O., 1904. 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:115179