 LATIREMIDAE Bozic, 1969 Latiremidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) are genuinely mesopsammic and restricted to sandy beaches, frequently extending into the phreatic zone near river mouths. Their first representative was discovered during the intensive sampling surveys organized by Claude Delamare Deboutteville in the Western Mediterranean (from: Huys et al., 2005). Recently Huys et al. (2005) [PDF] pointed out a reassessment of the generic distinctiveness of Delamarella and the monotypic genus Latiremus Božic, 1969. According to the authors "morphological criteria, traditionally employed to separate both genera, are all essentially unsound and based on erroneous reports in the literature. Consequently, Latiremus is relegated to a junior synonym of the type genus, leaving Delamarella and Arbutifera Huys & Kunz, 1988 as the only remaining valid genera in the family".
PROTOLATIREMUS Ito, 1974
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