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

Clausiidae Giesbrecht, 1895

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Boreoclausia Kim I.H., Sikorski, O'Reilly & Boxshall, 2013
Clausia Claparède, 1863
Flabelliphilus Bresciani & Lützen, 1962
Jeanella Scott T., 1904
Megaclausia O'Reilly, 1995
Mesnilia Canu, 1898
Pontoclausia Bacescu & Por, 1959
Pseudoclausia Bocquet & Stock, 1960
Rhodinicola Levinsen, 1878
Sheaderia Kim I.H., Sikorski, O'Reilly & Boxshall, 2013

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ゴカイミジンコ科

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Mitteilungen über Copepoden. 10 und 11. 10. Über Miracia minor Th. Scott. 11. Über Seridium rugosum, einem neuen Anneliden-Parasiten. [Communications on Copepods. 10 and 11. 10. On Miracia minor Th. Scott. 11. On Seridium rugosum, a new annelid parasite.]. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 12:217-226, pl. 9. (6-vii-1895).
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	Sewell, R.B.S. (1949). The littoral and semi-parasitic Cyclopoida, the Monstrilloida and Notodelphyoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. Publ. British Museum (Natural History). 9(2):17-199, figs. 1-41, l chart.
additional source	M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp.
additional source	Kim, I.H., A. Sikorski, M.G. O'Reilly & G.A. Boxshall. (2013). Copepods associated with polychaete worms in European seas. Zootaxa. 3651:1-62.
additional source	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	Wilson, M.S. & P.L. Illg. (1955). The family Clausiidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 68:129-142. (31-x-1955)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clausiidae Giesbrecht, 1895. 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:128568