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Miraciidae Dana, 1846 
AphiaID: 115163

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Harpacticoida
Synonymised
taxa
  Diosaccidae G. O. Sars, 1906
Sources  basis of record: Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 268-280 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

additional source: Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine harpacticoid copepods. 1997 edition. 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. 304 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Willen, E.. 2002. Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927
Genus Beatricella Scott T., 1905
Subfamily Diosaccinae Sars, 1906
  » Genus Actopsyllus Wells, 1967
» Genus Amonardia Lang, 1944
» Genus Amphiascoides Nicholls, 1941
» Genus Amphiascus Sars G.O., 1905
» Genus Antiboreodiosaccus Lang, 1944
» Genus Balucopsylla Rao, 1972
» Genus Bulbamphiascus Lang, 1944
» Genus Dactylopodamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
» Genus Diosaccopsis Brian, 1925
» Genus Diosaccus Boeck, 1873
» Genus Eoschizopera Wells & Rao, 1976
» Genus Goffinella Wilson C.B., 1932
» Genus Haloschizopera Lang, 1944
» Genus Helmutkunzia Wells & Rao, 1976
» Genus Ialysus Brian, 1927
» Genus Metamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
» Genus Neomiscegenus Karanovic & Reddy, 2004
» Genus Paramphiascella Lang, 1944
» Genus Paramphiascoides Wells, 1967
» Genus Paramphiascopsis Lang, 1944
» Genus Pararobertsonia Lang, 1944
» Genus Parialysus Nicholls, 1941
» Genus Pholenota Vervoort, 1964
» Genus Protopsammotopa Geddes, 1968
» Genus Psammotopa Pennak, 1942
» Genus Pseudamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
» Genus Pseudodiosaccopsis Lang, 1944
» Genus Pseudodiosaccus Scott T., 1906
» Genus Rhyncholagena Lang, 1944
» Genus Robertgurneya Lang, 1944
» Genus Robertsonia Brady, 1880
» Genus Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905
» Genus Schizoperoides Por, 1968
» Genus Tydemanella Scott A., 1909
» Genus Typhlamphiascus Lang, 1944
Genus Mesamphiascus Nicholls, 1941
Subfamily Miraciinae Dana, 1846
  » Genus Distioculus Huys & Böttger-Schnack, 1994
» Genus Macrosetella Scott A., 1909
» Genus Miracia Dana, 1846
» Genus Oculosetella Dahl F., 1895
Genus Miscegenus Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982
Genus Monardius Huys, 2009
Genus Paradiosaccus Lang, 1944
Genus Sarsamphiascus Huys, 2009
Subfamily Stenheliinae Brady, 1880
  » Genus Anisostenhelia Mu & Huys, 2002
» Genus Cladorostrata Tai & Song, 1979
» Genus Delavalia Brady, 1869
» Genus Melima Por, 1964
» Genus Muohuysia Ozdikmen, 2009
» Genus Onychostenhelia Itô, 1979
» Genus Pseudostenhelia Wells, 1967
» Genus Stenhelia Boeck, 1865
» Genus Cladorostrata Shen & Tai, 1963 (nomen nudum)
» Genus Hicksia Mu & Huys, 2002 accepted as Muohuysia Ozdikmen, 2009

Genus Amphiascella Lang, 1944 accepted as Amphiascoides Nicholls, 1941
Genus Dactylamphiascopsis Lang, 1948 accepted as Dactylopodamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
Genus Dwightia Wilson C.B., 1924 accepted as Macrosetella Scott A., 1909
Genus Microthalestris Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Amonardia Lang, 1944
Genus Protoleptastacus Noodt, 1952 accepted as Psammotopa Pennak, 1942
Genus Schizoperopsis Apostolov, 1982 accepted as Schizopera Sars G.O., 1905
Genus Setella Dana, 1846 accepted as Macrosetella Scott A., 1909
Genus Spio Brady & Robertson D., 1875 accepted as Delavalia Brady, 1869
Genus Teisseriella Apostolov, 1968 accepted as Robertsonia Brady, 1880
Genus Teissierella Monard, 1935 accepted as Monardius Huys, 2009
Genus Varnaia Klie, 1937 accepted as Robertsonia Brady, 1880
Environment marine
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Image 
Diosaccidae
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Diosaccidae
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Kalogeropoulou, Vasiliki
qualitystatus: checked by Walter, T. Chad on 2013-03-22 21:20:56
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115163
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Huys, Rony
2005-05-03 07:34:09Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-06-24 05:45:50Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2010-07-23 13:52:28Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Huys, R. (2013). Miraciidae. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115163 on 2013-05-21
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