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

Anthessiidae Humes, 1986

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anthessius Della Valle, 1880
Panaietis Stebbing, 1900
Rhinomolgus Sars G.O., 1918

Literature

original description	Humes, A.G. (1986). Myicola metisiensis (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida), a parasite of the bivalve Mya arenaria in eastern Canada, redefinition of the Myicolidae, and diagnosis of the Anthessiidae n. fam. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64:1021-1033, figs. 1-42, tabs. 1-4.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Anthessiidae Humes, 1986. 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:128563