DIOSACCIDAE Sars, 1906 [now MIRACIIDAE Dana, 1846 (Willen, 2002)]
The Miracidae (ex Diosaccidae Sars, 1906) is a predominantly marine family, but containing several freshwater species, most of them in the genus Schizopera.
The family presently includes three subfamilies and 47 genera [DIOSACCINAE: Actopsyllus, Amonardia, Amphiascus, Amphiascopsis, Antiboreodiosaccus, Balucopsylla, Bulbamphiascus, Dactylopodamphiascopsis, Diosaccus, Diosaccopsis, Eoschizopera, Haloschizopera, Helmutkunzia, Ialysus, Metamphiascopsis, Miscegenus, Neomiscegenus, Paradiosaccus, Paramphiascella, Paramphiascoides, Paramphiascopsis, Pararobertsonia, Parialysus, Pholenota, Protopsammotopa, Psammotopa, Pseudamphiascopsis, Pseudodiosaccopsis, Pseudodiosaccus, Rhyncholagena, Robertgurneya, Robertsonia, Schizopera, Schizoperoides, Schizoperopsis, Sinamphiascus, Teissierella, Tydemanella, Typhlamphiascus; STENHELIINAE: Stenhelia, Pseudostenhelia, Cladorostrata, Onychostenhelia, Melima, Anisostenhelia, Beatricella, Hicksia; MIRACIINAE: Miracia, Oculosetella, Macrosetella, Distioculus ] with representatives for the most part living in sea waters, a few (Stenhelia, Schizopera, Eoschizopera, Schizoperoides, Cladorostrata, Paramphiascella, Amphiascus) including species living also in fresh or brackish waters, as well as in ground waters (Willen, 2000).
Key to genera in : Lang K. 1965. Copepoda Harpacticoidea from The Californan Pacific coast. K. svenska vetensk. Akad. Handl., 10 (2): 1-566
DIOSACCINAE Sars, 1906
STENHELIINAE Brady, 1880
MIRACIINAE Dana, 1846
DIOSACCINAE Sars, 1906
 Actopsyllus Wells, 1967
Amonardia Lang, 1944
Amphiascoides Lotufo & Fleeger, 1995
Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927
Amphiascus Sars, 1905
Antiboreodiosaccus Lang, 1944
Balucopsylla Rao, 1972
Bulbamphiascus Lang, 1944
Dactylopodamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
Diosaccus Boeck, 1872
Diosaccopsis Monard, 1928
Distiocolus Boxshall, 1979
Eoschizopera Wells & Rao, 1976
Haloschizopera Lang, 1948
Helmutkunzia Wells & Rao, 1976
Ialysus Brian, 1927
Macrosetella Sewell, 1940
Metamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
Miscegenus Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982
Miracia Boxshall, 1979
Neomiscegenus Karanovic & Ranga Reddy, 2004
Parialysus Nicholls, 1941
Paramphiascella Lang, 1948
Paramphiascoides Wells, 1967
Paramphiascopsis Lang, 1944
Pararobertsonia Lang, 1948
Pholenota Vervoort, 1964
Protopsammotopa Geddes, 1968
Psammotopa Pennak, 1942
Pseudamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
Pseudodiosaccopsis Lang, 1944
Rhyncolagena Lang, 1944
Robertgurneya Lang, 1944
Robertsonia Brady, 1880
Schizopera Sars, 1905 s.l.
Schizoperoides Por, 1968
Schizoperopsis Apostolov, 1982
Sinamphiascus Mu & Gee, 2000
Teissierella Monard, 1935
Typhlamphiascus Lang, 1944
AMPHIASCUS Sars, 1905
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Amphiascus amblyops Sars, 1911 [Norway; marine]
Amphiascus ampullifer (Humes, 1953) [north Europe; parasitic] *
Amphiascus angustipes Gurney, 1927 [Egypt, Italy, Bermuda, France, Sri Lanka; brackish waters]
Amphiascus brevis Sars, 1909 [Groenland; marine] *
Amphiascus congener Sars, 1909 [north Europe; ?]
Amphiascus caudaespinosus Brian, 1927 [Algerie; psammon]
Amphiascus demersus Nicholls, 1940 [St. Lawrence; sea waters]
Amphiascus dentiformis Coull, 1971 [Virgin Islands, meiobenthic]
Amphiascus discrepans Mielke, 1989 [Chile; marine benthos]
Amphiascus elegans Lang, 1948
Amphiascus elongatus Ito, 1972 [Japan, Antarctic (Livingston Island); interstitial, parasitic]
Amphiascus gauthieri Monard, 1936 [Algerie; psammon]
Amphiascus glacialis Lang, 1948
Amphiascus gracilis Lang, 1936 [Kerguelen; psammon]
Amphiascus graciloides Klie, 1950 [Ireland, Helgoland; marine] |
Amphiascus hirtus Gurney, 1927 [Suez, Arabian Gulf, South Pacific, Brazil; marine]
Amphiascus ignotus Lang, 1948
Amphiascus longiremis Lang, 1948
Amphiascus longirostris Monard, 1928
Amphiascus lobatus Hicks, 1971 [new Zealand; coastal waters] (left) [PDF]
Amphiascus longarticulatus Marcus, 1974 [Ireland, Black sea; marine]
Amphiascus minutus (Claus, 1863) [Palaearctic, marine, psammon]
Amphiascus monodi Monard, 1952 [Africa, Senegal; coastal waters]*
Amphiascus mucronatus Lang, 1948
Amphiascus pacificus Sars, 1905 [Chatham Island; brackish waters, lagoons]
Amphiascus paracaudaespinosus Roe, 1958 [north Europe; coastal waters]
Amphiascus parvus Sars, 1906 [Europe, Bermuda, north America; marine, psammon]
Amphiascus perplexus (Thompson & A. Scott, 1903) [Sri Lanka, France?; marine]
Amphiascus polaris Sars, 1909 [Groenland;?]
Amphiascus profundus Becker & Schriever, 1979 [?]
Amphiascus propinquus Sars, 1906 [north Europe; marine]
Amphiascus sinuatus Sars, 1906 [north Europe, north America; sea waters]
Amphiascus tainui Hicks, 1989 [New Zealand; sea waters]
Amphiascus tenellus Sars, 1906 [Europe, Algerie; psammon]
Amphiascus tenuiremis (Brady & Robertson, 1880) [Europe; marine, psammon]
Amphiascus ultimus Monard, 1928 [France; marine] *
Amphiascus undosus Lang, 1965 [USA; coastal waters]
Amphiascus varians (Norman & Scott, 1905) [north Europe; marine, psammon, amongst algae]
* questionable species
PARAROBERTSONIA Lang, 1948
Pararobertsonia abyssi Lang, 1948
Pararobertsonia chesapeakensis Lang, 1948
PSAMMOTOPA Pennak, 1942
Psammotopa biarticulata Mielke, 1990 [Panama; marine interstitial]
Psammotopa chappuisi Noodt, 1955 [France, Spain, north Africa; marine interstitial]
Psammotopa phyllosetosa (Noodt, 1952) [Europe; marine interstitial]
Psammotopa polyphylla Noodt, 1955 [France, Portugal; marine interstitial]
Psammotopa trisetosa Mielke, 1995 [Venezuela; marine interstitial]
Psammotopa vulgaris Pennak, 1942 [Europe, Israel, USA; marine interstitial]
PROTOPSAMMOTOPA Geddes, 1968 [PDF]
Protopsammotopa norvegica Geddes, 1968 [Norway; marine interstitial]
Protopsammotopa wilsoni Wells, 1977 [USA; marine interstitial]
Protopsammotopa tipperi Bouck & Thistle, 2003 [Mexico; marine] [PDF]
BALUCOPSYLLA Rao, 1972
Balucopsylla similis Rao, 1972 [India; marine interstitial]
Balucopsylla triarticulata Wells & Rao, 1987 [Andaman, Nicobar islands, Costa Rica; marine interstitial]
NEOMISCEGENUS Karanovic & Ranga Reddy, 2004 [PDF]
Neomiscegenus indicus Karanovic & Ranga Reddy, 2004 [India; ground waters] [PDF]
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