SUBFAMILY PARAMESOCHRINAE Huys, 1987


REMANEA Klie, 1929

  • Remanea arenicola Klie, 1929 [Germany; marine sand] [PDF]


    SCOTTOPSYLLUS Kunz, 1962

    Kunz (1981) splitted the genus in threee subgenera, viz. Scottopsyllus s. str., Intermedopsyllus and Wellsopsyllus.


  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) herdmani (Thompson & A. Scott, 1899 [Europe; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) langi langi Mielke, 1984 [Galapagos; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) langi continentalis Kun, 1992 [Yugoslavia; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) minor (T. & A. Scott, 1895) [Europe; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) pararobertsoni Lang, 1965 [USA; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) robertsoni (T. & A. Scott, 1895) [Europe; marine sand]

  • Scottopsyllus (Scottopsyllus) praecipuus Veit Köhler, 2000
  • Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) intermedius (T. & A. Scott, 1895) [north Europe, Africa; Amphioxus sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) minutus (Nicholls, 1939) [Balloch Bay; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (? Intermedopsyllus) smirnovi Kunz, 1992 [Yugoslavia; marine sand]

  • Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) abyssalis (Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979) [south America; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) gigas (Wells, 1965) [Europe; marine sand]
  • Scottopsyllus (Wellsopsyllus) runtzi (Soyer, 1975) [Kerguelen; mesopsammon]


    SINGULARIA Huys, 1995

  • Singularia ingens Huys, 1995 [Israel; Amphioxus sand]



    SUBFAMILY DIARTHRODELLINAE Huys, 1987


    TISBISOMA Bozic, 1964

    The genus Tisbisoma occupies an uncertain position among harpacticoids (Bozic, 1964). Kunz (19819 and Huys (1987) allocated it to the family Paramesochridae and, together with the genus Diarthrodella, to the subfamily Diarthrodellinae.

  • Tisbisoma spinisetum Bozic, 1964 [Reunion Island; marine]
  • Tisbisoma triarticulatum Wells, 1967 [Africa, marine]


    DIARTHRODELLA Klie, 1949

  • Diarthrodella chilensis Mielke, 1985 [Chile; marine]
  • Diarthrodella convexa Kunz, 1981 [Azores; marine]
  • Diarthrodella galapagoensis [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
  • Diarthrodella lancifera Kunz, 1981 [Azores; marine]
  • Diarthrodella neotropica Mielke, 1984 [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
  • Diarthrodella orbiculata Klie, 1949 [Helgoland; marine]
  • Diarthrodella parorbiculata parorbiculata Welsl, 1963 [north Ireland; marine]
  • Diarthrodella parorbiculata pacifica [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
  • Diarthrodella psammophila (Bocquet & Bozic, 1955) [France; marine sand]
  • Diarthrodella secunda secunda Kunz, 1954 [Germany; marine]
  • Diarthrodella secunda pacifica Kunz, 1981 [Pacific Ocean]


    ROSSOPSYLLUS Soyer, 1975

  • Rossopsyllus kerguelensis kerguelensis Soyer, 1975 [Kerguelen Archipelago; marine]
  • Rossopsyllus kerguelensis quellonensis Mielke, 1985 [Chile; marine]
  • Rossopsyllus obscurus Cottarelli & Baldari, 1987 [Macquarie Island; marine interstitial]



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