Copepoda taxon details
Sarsameira Wilson C.B., 1924
115209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115209)
accepted
Genus
Sarsameira parva (Boeck, 1873) (type by original designation)
Parameira Sars G.O., 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudosarsameira Lang, 1944 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Sarsameira boecki (Lang, 1936)
- Species Sarsameira difficilis (Smirnov, 1946)
- Species Sarsameira elegantula Kunz, 1975
- Species Sarsameira elongata (Sars G.O., 1909)
- Species Sarsameira exilis (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894)
- Species Sarsameira giraulti Monard, 1935
- Species Sarsameira knorri Reidenauer & Thistle, 1983
- Species Sarsameira longifurcata Becker, 1974
- Species Sarsameira major (Sars G.O., 1907)
- Species Sarsameira minor Wells, 1967
- Species Sarsameira parexilis Gee, 2009
- Species Sarsameira parva (Boeck, 1873)
- Species Sarsameira pendula (Shen & Bai, 1956)
- Species Sarsameira peresi Bodin, 1970
- Species Sarsameira propinqua (Scott T., 1902)
- Species Sarsameira sarsi Lang, 1948
- Species Sarsameira simplex (Jakobi, 1959)
- Species Sarsameira tenuipes (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
- Species Sarsameira longiremis (Scott T., 1894) accepted as Sarsameira sarsi Lang, 1948
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.64-2507.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sarsameira Wilson C.B., 1924. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115209 on 2026-08-18
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original description
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.64-2507.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pseudosarsameira Lang, 1944) Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. <em>Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala.</em> 39 pp. (19-ii-1944). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Parameira Sars G.O., 1907) Sars, G.O. (1907). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XIX & XX. Canthocamptidae (concluded), Laophontidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 5:221-240, pls. 145-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 221 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reidenauer, J.A. & D. Thistle. (1983). Sarsameira (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): an update and a new species from the deep sea. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 102(2):105-112, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (5-v-1983), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3225879 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.64-2507.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Pseudosarsameira Lang, 1944) Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. <em>Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala.</em> 39 pp. (19-ii-1944). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Parameira Sars G.O., 1907) Sars, G.O. (1907). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XIX & XX. Canthocamptidae (concluded), Laophontidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 5:221-240, pls. 145-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 221 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reidenauer, J.A. & D. Thistle. (1983). Sarsameira (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): an update and a new species from the deep sea. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 102(2):105-112, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (5-v-1983), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3225879 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.64-2507.1
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Parameira 
(from synonym Parameira Sars G.O., 1907)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudosarsameira (from synonym Pseudosarsameira Lang, 1944)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sarsameira
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parameira) (from synonym Parameira Sars G.O., 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarsameira)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Parameira Sars G.O., 1907)
To ITIS
(from synonym Parameira Sars G.O., 1907)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudosarsameira
(from synonym Pseudosarsameira Lang, 1944)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sarsameira
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parameira) (from synonym Parameira Sars G.O., 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarsameira)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Parameira Sars G.O., 1907)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon