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

Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alteutha*	Baird, 1846	accepted genus name
*Carillus*	Goodsir, 1845	synonym
*Sterope*	Goodsir, 1845	synonym

Species group names

*Alteutha austrina*	Scott T., 1912	synonym
*Cyclops depressus*	Baird, 1837	synonym

Literature

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Petkovski, T.K. (1955). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Grundwasser Copepoden der Adriatischen Küste. [Further contributions to the knowledge of groundwater copepods of the Adriatic coast.]. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje. 3(8):209-225, figs. 1-30. (9-xii-1955).
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	Gharagozlou-Van Ginneken, I.D. (1976). Particularités morphologiques du tégument des Peltidiidae (Crustacés Copépodes). [Morphological features of the integument of Peltidiidae (Copepod Crustaceans).]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 117(3):411-422, pls. 1-4. (15-xii-1976).
additional source	Brian, A. (1922). L'Altheutha depressa Baird (Copepodo Harpacticoide) e i suoi stadi larvali. Altheutha depressa Baird (Harpacticoid copepod) and its larval stages. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 33(1-3):8-14, figs. 1-4. (28-viii-1922).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Yoo, K.I. & W. Lee. (1995). Marine harpacticoid copepods from Korean waters. Journal of the Yellow Sea 1:34-49.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Wiborg, K.F. (1964). Marine copepods of Tristan da Cunha. Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 51:1-44, figs. 1-18, tab. 1.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837). 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:116451