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

Thalestridae Sars G.O., 1905

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Rhynchothalestridae*	Lang, 1948	synonym

Children

Eudactylopusinae Willen, 2000
Peltthestris Monard, 1924
Rhynchothalestris Sars G.O., 1905
Thalestrinae Lang, 1936

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: キシベミジンコ科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1905). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts IX & X. Thalestridae (continued). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 5:109-132, pls. 65-80.
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	Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6.
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	Lang, K. (1936). Copepoda Harpacticoida. In: Bock, S. (ed.). Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. Stockholm 3(3):1-68, figs. 1-92. (ii-1936)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Thalestridae Sars G.O., 1905. 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:115181