PELTIDIIDAE Sars, 1904


The Peltidiidae are a world-wide distributed family of pelagic, phytal and benthic Harpacticoida (Copepoda). Although their often bright colours and typical dorso-ventrally depressed body shapes seem to characterize the Peltidiidae as an exclusively substrate-associated family, lots of species are described from the plankton.


ALTEUTHA Sars, 1904


  • Alteutha armatus (Goodsir, 1845)
  • Alteutha depressa (Claus, 1863)
  • Alteutha dubia Scott, 1912
  • Alteutha interrupta (Goodsir, 1845)
  • Alteutha langi Monk, 1941
  • Alteutha novae-zealandica (Brady 1899)
  • Alteutha oblonga (Brady, 1880)
  • Alteutha polarsternae Dahms, 1992
  • Alteutha rara Jakobi, 1954
  • Alteutha roea (Hicks, 1982)
  • Alteutha sarsi Monard, 1928
  • Alteutha sarsi Hicks, 1982
  • Alteutha sewelli Krishnaswamy, 1952
  • Alteutha signata Brady, 1910
  • Alteutha trisetosa Lang, 1936
  • Alteutha typica Por, 1960
  • Alteutha aberrans Lang, 1948
  • Alteutha nana Brady, 1910
  • Alteutha spinicauda Nicholls, 1941
  • Alteutha armatus (Lang, 1948)
  • Alteutha ovalis (Goodsir ,1845)
  • Alteutha depressa Huys et al., 1996
  • Alteutha interrupta Huys et al., 1996
  • Alteutha oblonga Huys et al., 1996
  • Alteutha potter Veit-Kohler & Fuentes, 2007 [Antarctica]
  • Alteutha roeae Huys et al., 1996


    ALTHEUTHELLA SARS, 1909


  • Alteuthella pellucida Scott, 1909
  • Alteuthella pygmaea Scott, 1909
  • Alteuthella spinicauda Scott, 1909


    ALTEUTHELLOPSIS Scott, 1909


  • Alteuthellopsis oblivia (Scott, 1909)


    ALTEUTHOIDES Hicks, 1986


  • Alteuthoides affinis Kim & Kim ,1998
  • Alteuthoides kootare Hicks, 1986


    GONIOPSYLLUS Brady, 1883


  • Goniopsyllus rostratus Brady, 1883
  • Goniopsyllus rostrata (Monard, 1928)
  • Goniopsyllus brasiliensis Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000
  • Goniopsyllus clausi Huys & Conroy-Dalton ,2000
  • Goniopsyllus rostratus Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000
  • Goniopsyllus tenuis Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000


    CLYTEMNESTRA Scott, 1893


  • Clytemnestra gracilis (Scott, 1893)
  • Clytemnestra scutellata Scott, 1912
  • Clytemnestra asetosa Huys & Conroy-Dalton , 2000
  • Clytemnestra farrani Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000
  • Clytemnestra gracilis Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000
  • Clytemnestra longipes Huys & Conroy-Dalton , 2000
  • Clytemnestra scutellata (Poppe, 1891)
  • Clytemnestra hendorffi quinquesetosa Huys & Conroy-Dalton , 2000


    ALTEUTHELLOPSIS Humes, 1981


  • Alteuthellopsis corallina Humes, 1981


    EUPELTE Claus, 1860


  • Eupelte acutispinis Zhang & Li, 1976
  • Eupelte aurulenta Wells & Rao 1987
  • Eupelte beckleyae Hicks, 1982
  • Eupelte gracilis Claus, 1860
  • Eupelte hexaseta Hicks, 1982
  • Eupelte minuta (Ramirez, 1971)
  • Eupelte regalis Hicks, 1971
  • Eupelte setacauda Monk, 1941
  • Eupelte simile (Monk, 1941)
  • Eupelte tristanensis Wiborg, 1964
  • Eupelte villosa (Brady, 1910)


    NEOPELTOPSIS Hicks, 1976 [PDF]


  • Neopeltopsis hicksi Pallares, 1979
  • Neopeltopsis pectinipes Hicks, 1976 [PDF]


    PARAPELTIDIUM Nicholls, 1941


  • Parapeltidium cristatum Nicholls, 1941
  • Parapeltidium dubium Nicholls, 1941
  • Parapeltidium johnstoni Scott, 1909
  • Parapeltidium nichollsi Ummerkutty, 1970


    PELTIDIUM Scott, 1909


  • Peltidium angulatum Thompson & Scott, 1903
  • Peltidium cinereum Brady, 1915
  • Peltidium defreitasi Wells, 1967
  • Peltidium exiguum Scott, 1909
  • Peltidium falcatum Scott, 1909
  • Peltidium fenestratum Geddes, 1968
  • Peltidium hawaiiense Lang, 1948
  • Peltidium intermedium Scott, 1909
  • Peltidium lerneri Geddes, 1968
  • Peltidium maldivianum Sewell , 1940
  • Peltidium minutum Sewell , 1940
  • Peltidium monardi Lang, 1948
  • Peltidium nichollsi Geddes, 1968
  • Peltidium ovale Thompson & Scott. 1903
  • Peltidium ovale Wells & Rao, 1987
  • Peltidium perplexum Thompson & Scott, 1903
  • Peltidium perturbatum Geddes, 1968
  • Peltidium proximum Nicholls, 1941
  • Peltidium purpureum (Claus, 1860)
  • Peltidium quinquesetosum Song & Yun, 1999
  • Peltidium robustum (Claus, 1889)
  • Peltidium sacesphorum Monard, 1928
  • Peltidium serratum Thompson & Scott, 1903
  • Peltidium simplex Nicholls 1941
  • Peltidium speciosum Thompson & Scott, 1903
  • Peltidium biarticulatum (Lang, 1948)
  • Peltidium incertum (Haller, 1879)
  • Peltidium leptophyllum (Lang, 1948)
  • Peltidium sculptum (Haller 1879)
  • Peltidium triarticulatum (Haller, 1879)
  • Peltidium elegans Lang, 1948
  • Peltidium serratum Lang, 1948
  • Peltidium aurivillii (Lang , 1948)
  • Peltidium folii (Haller, 1880)


    EUPELTIDIUM Scott, 1909


  • Eupeltidium glabrum Scott, 1909


    ONISCIDIUM Claus, 1889


  • Oniscidium gracile Claus, 1889



    KEY TO PELTIDIIDAE (NICHOLLS, 1941; LANG, 1948) [PDF]





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