WoRMS taxon details
Thaumatopsyllidae Sars G.O., 1913
106423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106423)
accepted
Family
Thespesiopsyllidae Wilson C.B., 1924 · unaccepted
- Genus Australopsyllus McKinnon, 1994
- Genus Caribeopsyllus Suárez-Morales & Castellanos, 1998
- Genus Orientopsyllus Sewell, 1949
- Genus Thespesiopsyllus Wilson C.B., 1924
- Genus Thaumatopsyllus Sars G.O., 1913 accepted as Thespesiopsyllus Wilson C.B., 1924 (manuscript synonym of genus Aegisthus which was pre-occupied)
marine
Sars, G.O. (1913). Thaumatopsyllus paradoxus G.O. Sars, a remarkable copepod from the Norwegian coast, apparently referable to the Monstrilloid group. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana (B)33(6): 1-10, pl. 1. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Thaumatopsyllidae Sars G.O., 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106423 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1913). Thaumatopsyllus paradoxus G.O. Sars, a remarkable copepod from the Norwegian coast, apparently referable to the Monstrilloid group. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana (B)33(6): 1-10, pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Thespesiopsyllidae Wilson C.B., 1924) Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Thespesiopsyllidae Wilson C.B., 1924) Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ho, J.S., M. Dojiri, G. Hendler & G.B. Deets. (2003). A new species of Copepoda (Thaumatopsyllidae) symbiotic with a brittle star from California, U.S.A., and designation of a new Order Thaumatopsylloida. Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(3):582-594. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ho, J.S., M. Dojiri, G. Hendler & G.B. Deets. (2003). A new species of Copepoda (Thaumatopsyllidae) symbiotic with a brittle star from California, U.S.A., and designation of a new Order Thaumatopsylloida. Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(3):582-594. [details] Available for editors
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