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

Parastenocaris Kessler, 1913

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Parastenocaris acherusia Noodt, 1955
Parastenocaris admete Cottarelli, Fasano, Mura & Saporito, 1980
Parastenocaris aedes Hertzog, 1938
Parastenocaris aesculapii Cottarelli & Bruno, 1997
Parastenocaris altitudinis Cottarelli, Bruno & Berera, 2008
Parastenocaris amalasuntae Bruno & Cottarelli, 1998
Parastenocaris amatheia Cottarelli, 1970
Parastenocaris amyclaea Cottarelli, 1969
Parastenocaris andalusica Enckell, 1965
Parastenocaris aphroditis Cottarelli & Bruno, 1997
Parastenocaris aquaeductus Chappuis, 1925
Parastenocaris arctica Borutzky, 1952
Parastenocaris austriaca Kiefer, 1976
Parastenocaris balcanica Petkovski, 1959
Parastenocaris banaticus Damian, 1957
Parastenocaris bohemica Sterba, 1968
Parastenocaris brevipes Kessler, 1913
Parastenocaris budapestiensis Torok, 1935
Parastenocaris bulgarica Apostolov, 1992
Parastenocaris calliroe Cottarelli, 1969
Parastenocaris cantabrica Chappuis, 1937
Parastenocaris chappuisi Serban, 1960
Parastenocaris clujensis Chappuis, 1925
Parastenocaris conimbrigensis Noodt & Galhano, 1969
Parastenocaris corsica Cottarelli, Bruno & Berera, 2000
Parastenocaris crenobia Galassi, 1997
Parastenocaris cruzi Noodt & Galhano, 1969
Parastenocaris curvicauda Apostolov, 1997
Parastenocaris dentulatus Chappuis & Rouch, 1959
Parastenocaris dianae Chappuis, 1955
Parastenocaris dubia Kiefer, 1933
Parastenocaris elegans Kiefer, 1933
Parastenocaris entzi Torok, 1935
Parastenocaris etrusca Cottarelli, Bruno & Venanzetti, 1995
Parastenocaris fonticola Borutzky, 1926
Parastenocaris fontinalis Schnitter & Chappuis, 1914
Parastenocaris germanica Kiefer, 1936
Parastenocaris gertrudae Kiefer, 1968
Parastenocaris glacialis Noodt, 1954
Parastenocaris glareola Hertzog, 1936
Parastenocaris hera Cottarelli, 1969
Parastenocaris hippuris Hertzog, 1938
Parastenocaris hispanica Arbizu, 1997
Parastenocaris husmanni Chappuis, 1953
Parastenocaris ima Cottarelli, 1989
Parastenocaris inferna Schminke, 1971
Parastenocaris italica Chappuis, 1953
Parastenocaris jeanneli Chappuis, 1924
Parastenocaris kalypso Pesce, Galassi & Cottarelli, 1988
Parastenocaris karamani Chappuis, 1937
Parastenocaris latisetosus Damian & Botosaneanu, 1955
Parastenocaris lorenzae Pesce, Galassi & Cottarelli, 1995
Parastenocaris lusitanica Noodt & Galhano, 1969
Parastenocaris mangini Rouch, 1992
Parastenocaris mateusi Noodt & Galhano, 1969
Parastenocaris meridionalis Rouch, 1990
Parastenocaris micheli Chappuis & Rouch, 1959
Parastenocaris minuta Chappuis, 1925
Parastenocaris minutissima Chappuis, 1937
Parastenocaris mirabilis Kiefer, 1932
Parastenocaris moravica Sterba, 1965
Parastenocaris nana Chappuis, 1925
Parastenocaris narentina Petkovski, 1959
Parastenocaris nertensis Rouch, 1990
Parastenocaris nicolasi Rouch, 1996
Parastenocaris nolli Kiefer, 1938
Parastenocaris oligohalina Cottarelli, Bruno & Venanzetti, 1995
Parastenocaris orcina Chappuis, 1938
Parastenocaris pannonica Torok, 1935
Parastenocaris pasquinii Cottarelli, 1972
Parastenocaris phreatica Chappuis, 1936
Parastenocaris proserpina Chappuis, 1938
Parastenocaris psammica Songeur, 1961
Parastenocaris rascana Petkovski, 1959
Parastenocaris rivi Cottarelli & Bruno, 1994
Parastenocaris ruffoi Chappuis, 1955
Parastenocaris sardoa Cottarelli & Torrisi, 1977
Parastenocaris serbica Karanovic & Bobic, 1998
Parastenocaris silvana Cottarelli, Bruno & Berera, 2000
Parastenocaris similis Torok, 1935
Parastenocaris stammeri Chappuis, 1937
Parastenocaris stellae Cottarelli, Saporito & Puccetti, 1981
Parastenocaris subterraneus Damian, 1959
Parastenocaris torokae Ponyi, 1957
Parastenocaris trinacriae Pesce & al., 1988
Parastenocaris triphyda Cottarelli & al., 1993
Parastenocaris tumida Kiefer, 1961
Parastenocaris tyrrhenidis Cottarelli, 1970
Parastenocaris uncinatus Damian & Botosaneanu, 1955
Parastenocaris ursulae Schminke, 1971
Parastenocaris vandeli Rouch, 1988
Parastenocaris veneris Cottarelli & Maiolini, 1980
Parastenocaris vicesima Klie, 1935
Parastenocaris xyrophora Noodt & Galhano, 1969

Literature

original description	Kessler, E. (1913). Parastenocaris brevipes nov. gen. et nov. spec., ein neuer Süsswasserharpacticide. [Parastenocaris brevipes nov. gen. et nov. spec., a new freshwater harpacticide.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 42(11):514-520, figs. 1-9. (26-ix-1913).
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Chappuis, P.A. (1959). Biogéographie du genre Parastenocaris. [Biogeography of the genus Parastenocaris.]. Vie et Milieu. 9(4):444-453.
additional source	Jakobi, H. (1972). Trends (Enp. P4 ) innerhalb der Parastenocarididen (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea). [Trends (Enp. P4 males) within the Parastenocaridids (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea)]. Crustaceana (Leiden). 22(2):127-146, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (9-iii-1972).
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.
additional source	Noodt, W. (1962). Limnisch-subterrane Copepoden der Gattung Parastenocaris Kessler aus Mittelamerika. [Limnic-subterranean copepods of the genus Parastenocaris Kessler from Central America.]. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna. 2(3):223-248, figs. 1-91. (15-ii-1962).
additional source	Ruttner-Kolisko, A. (1957). Der Lebensraum des Limnopsammals. [The habitat of the water mosses.]. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft (= Zoologischer Anzeiger, Supplementband 20). 1956:421-427, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Strayer, D. (1988). New and rare copepods (Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida) from freshwater interstitial habitats in southeastern New York. Stygologia, Leiden. 4(3):279-291. (French summary).

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parastenocaris Kessler, 1913. 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:115426

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Parastenocaris Kessler, 1913. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1bf10a0e-200b-4e41-9dbe-ee6e6e258f57