WoRMS taxon details
Argestes Sars G.O., 1910
115222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115222)
accepted
Genus
Argestes mollis Sars G.O., 1910 (type by original designation)
Abyssameira Itô Tat., 1983 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Argestes analongises Gómez, 2018
- Species Argestes angolaensis George, 2008
- Species Argestes longiseta Apostolov, 2011
- Species Argestes mollis Sars G.O., 1910
- Species Argestes reductus Itô Tat., 1983
- Species Argestes sarsi Smirnov, 1946 accepted as Fultonia sarsi (Smirnov, 1946)
- Species Argestes tenuis Sars G.O., 1921 represented as Argestes tenuis tenuis Sars G.O., 1921 accepted as Parargestes tenuis (Sars G.O., 1921)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1910). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXIX & XXX. Tachidiidae (concluded), Metidae, Balaenophilidae, supplement (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 5:337-368, pls. 225-230, suppl. pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/969063#page/813/mode/1up
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Argestes Sars G.O., 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115222 on 2026-10-17
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original description
Sars, G.O. (1910). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XXIX & XXX. Tachidiidae (concluded), Metidae, Balaenophilidae, supplement (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 5:337-368, pls. 225-230, suppl. pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/969063#page/813/mode/1up
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (of Abyssameira Itô Tat., 1983) Itô, Tatsunori. (1983). Harpacticoid copepods from the Pacific abyssal off Mindanao. II. Cerviniidae (cont.), Thalestridae, and Ameiridae. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 28(1-4):151-254., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/176059 [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (of Abyssameira Itô Tat., 1983) Itô, Tatsunori. (1983). Harpacticoid copepods from the Pacific abyssal off Mindanao. II. Cerviniidae (cont.), Thalestridae, and Ameiridae. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 28(1-4):151-254., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/176059 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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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): 342 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 342 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Abyssameira 
(from synonym Abyssameira Itô Tat., 1983)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Argestes
To ITIS
(from synonym Abyssameira Itô Tat., 1983)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Argestes
To ITIS
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