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

Thalestris Claus, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fucitrogus*	Brady, 1894	synonym

Children

Thalestris brunnea Sars G.O., 1905
Thalestris curticornis Boeck, 1865
Thalestris filifera Krichagin, 1877
Thalestris frigida Scott T., 1899
Thalestris gibba (Krøyer, 1842)
Thalestris longimana Claus, 1863
Thalestris longipes Boeck, 1865
Thalestris microphylla Claus, 1863
Thalestris normani Scott T., 1903
Thalestris peltata (Boeck, 1865)
Thalestris purpurea Sars G.O., 1905
Thalestris rhodymeniae (Brady, 1894)
Thalestris robusta Claus, 1863
Thalestris rufoviolascens Claus, 1866

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 230 pp., pls. 1-37.
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	Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 230 pp., pls. 1-37.
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.
additional source	Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Ray Society, London. 2:1-182, pls. 34-82.
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	Torii, S. & H. Yamamoto. (1975). Thalestris sp., a parasitic Copepoda on Undaria pinnatifida (a preliminary report). Journal of the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station (Suisan Chosa Hokoku) 32(9):29-34, figs. 1-3. (ix-1975; in Japanese.)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Thalestris Claus, 1862. 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:115470