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

Paraeuchaeta Scott A., 1909

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pareuchaeta*	Scott A., 1909	orthographic variant

Children

Paraeuchaeta altibulla Park, 1993
Paraeuchaeta barbata (Brady, 1883)
Paraeuchaeta bisinuata (Sars G.O., 1907)
Paraeuchaeta bradyi (With, 1915)
Paraeuchaeta glacialis (Hansen, 1886)
Paraeuchaeta gracilis (Sars G.O., 1905)
Paraeuchaeta hansenii (With, 1915)
Paraeuchaeta hebes (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Paraeuchaeta incisa (Sars G.O., 1905)
Paraeuchaeta kurilensis Heptner, 1971
Paraeuchaeta norvegica (Boeck, 1873)
Paraeuchaeta parabbreviata Park, 1993
Paraeuchaeta polaris Brodsky, 1950
Paraeuchaeta pseudotonsa (Fontaine, 1967)
Paraeuchaeta rubicunda (Farran, 1908)
Paraeuchaeta sarsi (Farran, 1908)
Paraeuchaeta scotti (Farran, 1908)
Paraeuchaeta tonsa (Giesbrecht, 1895)
Paraeuchaeta tumidula (Sars G.O., 1905)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: パラユウキータ属

Literature

original description	Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paraeuchaeta Scott A., 1909. 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:196874