Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Acartiidae > Genus Acartia

Acartia (Acartiura) Steuer, 1915

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acartia*	Dana, 1846	accepted genus name
*Dias*	Lilljeborg, 1853	synonym

Children

Acartia (Acartiura) clausi Giesbrecht, 1889
Acartia (Acartiura) clausii Giesbrecht, 1892
Acartia (Acartiura) discaudata (Giesbrecht, 1881)
Acartia (Acartiura) enzoi Crisafi, 1974
Acartia (Acartiura) lefevreae Bradford, 1976
Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Acartia (Acartiura) margalefi Alcaraz, 1976
Acartia (Acartiura) teclae Bradford, 1976

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アカルチウラ亜属

Literature

original description	Steuer, A. (1915). 3. Revision der Gattung Acartia Dana. (Dritte vorläufige Mitteilung über die Copepoden der Valdivia-Expedition). [3. Revision of the genus Acartia Dana. (Third preliminary report on the copepods of the Valdivia expedition)]. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig. 45(9):392-397, figs. 1-6. (4-v-1915).
basis of record	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Steuer, A. (1923). Bausteine zu einer Monographie der Copepodengattung Acartia. 1. Die Arten der Gattung Acartia Dana. 2. Die Grösse der Hochsee-Acartien in ihrer Abhängigkeit von der Dichte des Meerwassers. Building blocks for a monograph on the copepod genus Acartia. 1. The species of the genus Acartia Dana. 2. The size of the deep-sea Acartias in relation to the density of the sea water. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität Innsbruck. 1(5):91-144 (separate: 1-56), figs. 1-179, pls. 1-5, maps 1-6. [dated 1924].
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1976). Partial revision of the Acartia subgenus Acartiura (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(1):159-202, figs. 1-33. (iii-1976)
additional source	Razouls, C., N. Desreumaux, J. Kouwenberg & F. de Bovée. (2005). Biodiversity of Marine Planktonic Copepods (morphology, geographical distribution and biological data). Sorbonne University, CNRS.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acartia (Acartiura) Steuer, 1915. 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:149737

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Acartia (Acartiura) Steuer, 1915. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/04ecbdce-675a-4630-9320-5458d00d799b