This page is a comprehensive digital catalog dedicated to the harpacticoid species found in Türkiye. This platform serves as an extensive repository, meticulously compiling species records from a variety of sources, including scholarly publications and project reports, up to the present day.
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AMEIRIDAE Monard, 1927
Ameira Boeck, 1865
Ameira mediterranea Kunz, 1975
Ameira divagans pontica (Marinov, 1973)
Ameira listensis (Mielke, 1973)
Ameira longipes Boeck, 1865
Ameira minuta Boeck, 1865
Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866)
Ameira reducta Petkovski, 1954
Ameira sp1 (Aegean Sea Report)
Ameira sp2 (Aegean Sea Report)
Ameira sp. 1 (Saroz report)
Ameira sp. 2 (Saroz report)
Ameira tenuicornis T. Scott, 1902
Ameira venthami Yıldız & Karaytuğ, 2024
Ameiropsis Sars G.O., 1907
Ameiropsis reducta Apostolov, 1973
Filexilia Conroy-Dalton ve Huys, 1997
Filexilia attenuata (Thompson I. C., 1893)
Filexilia brevipes (Kunz, 1954)
Filexilia marinovi Conroy-Dalton ve Huys, 1997
Filexilia pestae (Petkovski, 1955)
Interleptomesochra Lang, 1965
Interleptomesochra attenuata (A. Scott, 1896)
Interleptomesochra eulitoralis (Noodt, 1952)
Leptomesochra Sars, 1911
Leptomesochra eulittoralis Noodt, 1955
Leptomesochra macintoshi (T. ve A. Scott, 1895)
Leptomesochra sp. sensu Bodin, 1964
Nitocra Boeck, 1865
Nitocra affinis Gurney, 1927
Nitocra cari Petkovski, 1954
Nitocra intermedia Pesce, 1983
Nitocra lacustris (Schmankevitch, 1875)
Nitocra pontica Jakubisiak, 1938
Nitocra reducta (Schäfer, 1936)
Nitocra serdarsaki Yıldız & Karaytuğ, 2024
Nitocra sonmezi Yıldız & Karaytuğ, 2024
Nitocra spinipes Boeck, 1865
Nitocra stygia (Apostolov, 1976)
Nitocra typica Boeck, 1865
Nitocra typica adriatica Petkovski, 1954
Parapseudoleptomesochra Lang, 1965
Parapseudoleptomesochra sp. 1 (P. aff. syriaca – Saroz report)
Parapseudoleptomesochra sp. 2 (P. aff. incerta – Saroz report)
Paravensula Guille & Soyer, 1966
Paravensula mediterranea Guille & Soyer, 1966
Pseudameira Sars, 1911
Pseudameira breviseta (Klie,1950)
Pseudoleptomesochra Lang, 1965
Pseudoleptomesochra typica (Lang, 1965)
Pseudoleptomesochrella Lang, 1965b
Pseudoleptomesochrella halophila (Noodt,1952)
Pseudoleptomesochrella ronyhuysi
Psyllocamptus T. Scott, 1899
Psyllocamptus (P.) eridani Ceccherelli, 1988
Psyllocamptus sp. (P. aff. eridani (Saroz report – female P5 exp number of seta 4 instead of 5)
Psyllocamptus (P.) minutus Sars, 1911
Psyllocamptus propinquus (Scott T., 1895)
Psyllocamptus tahuesensis Gómez, 2002
ARENOPONTIIDAE Huys et.al., 1996
Arenopontia Kunz, 1937
Arenopontia anatolica
Arenopontia basibuyuki
Arenopontia nesai Cottarelli, 1975
Arenopontia problematica Masry, 1970
Arenopontia subterrranea Kunz, 1937
Arenopontia sp. (Saroz- A. aff. subterranea – A2 exp with 1 seta)
Neoleptastacus Nicholls, 1945
Neoleptastacus turcicus
Neoleptastacus acanthus (Chappuis, 1954)
Psammoleptastacus Pennak, 1942
Psammoleptastacus barani Sak, Huys ve Karaytuğ, 2008
CANTHOCAMPTIDAE Brady, 1880
Itunella Brady, 1896
Itunella muelleri (Gagern, 1922)
Itunella sp. (Saroz report)
Mesochra Boeck, 1865
Mesochra bodini Kunz, 1975
Mesochra heldti Monard, 1935
Mesochra pygmaea (Claus, 1863)
Nannomesochra Gurney, 1932
Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925)
Nannomesochra zavodniki Petkovski & Apostolov, 1974
Stenocaris Sars, 1909
Stenocaris angularis
Taurocletodes Kunz, 1975
Taurocletodes tumenae Karaytuğ & Huys, 2004
CLETODIDAE T. Scott, 1905
Cletodes Brady, 1872
Cletodes sp. (Saroz report; just one copepodit)
Enhydrosomella Monard, 1935
Enhydrosomella staufferi Monard, 1935
Enhydrosoma Boeck, 1872
Enhydrosoma hopkinsi Lang, 1965
Enhydrosoma lacunae Jakubisiak, 1933
Enhydrosoma propinquum (Brady, 1880)
Enhydrosoma sordidum Monard, 1926
Enhydrosoma sp. (Saroz report, new species)
Stylicletodes Lang, 1936
Stylicletodes longicaudatus (Brady, 1880)
DACTYLOPUSIIDAE Lang, 1936
Dactylopusia Norman, 1903
Dactylopusia tisboides (Claus, 1863)
Dactylopusia pontica (Apostolov, 1968)
Dactylopusia vulgaris Sars, 1905
Dactylopusia sp. (Saroz report, 2 male – could not be identified)
Diarthrodes Thomson, 1882
Diarthrodes aegideus (Brian, 1928)
Diarthrodes ponticus ponticus (Kritzagin, 1873)
Diarthrodes pygmaeus (T. ve A. Scott, 1895)
Diarthrodes sp. (Saroz report, one abnormal individual with asymmetric legs, could not be identified)
Paradactylopodia Lang, 1944
Paradactylopodia brevicornis (Claus, 1866)
Paradactylopodia koreana Chang ve Song, 1997
DARCYTHOMPSONIIDAE Lang, 1936
Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899
Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
Leptocaris emekdasi Köroğlu, Kuru & Karaytuğ, 2014
Leptocaris igneus Cottarelli ve Baldari, 1982
Leptocaris insularis (Noodt, 1958)
Leptocaris minutus T. Scott, 1899
Leptocaris ornamentalis
ECTINOSOMATIDAE Sars, 1903
Arenosetella Wilson, 1932
Arenosetella tenuissima (Klie, 1929) (Should be A. aff. germanica)
Arenosetella germanica Kunz, 1937
Arenosetella lanceorostrata Sönmez, Sak & Karaytuğ, 2016
Ectinosoma Boeck, 1865
Ectinosoma dentatum Steuer, 1940
Ectinosoma melaniceps Boeck, 1865
Ectinosoma reductum Bozic, 1955
Ectinosoma soyeri Apostolov, 1975
Glabrotelson Huys, 2009
Glabrotelson bodini (Apostolov, 1974)
Glabrotelson bozici (Soyer, 1974)
Halectinosoma Lang, 1944
Halectinosoma herdmani (T.A. Scott, 1894)
Halectinosoma argyllensis Clement ve Moore, 1995
Klieosoma Hicks & Schriever, 1985
Klieosoma sp. (Saroz project, new species – just one female)
Microsetella Brady & Robertson, 1873
Microsetella norvegica (Boeck, 1865)
Microsatella rosea (Dana, 1848)
Noodtiella Wells, 1965
Noodtiella wellsi Apostolov, 1974
Noodtiella problematica (Rouch, 1962)
Noodtiella sp1 (Mediterranea report – new species)
Noodtiella sp2 (Mediterranean report – new species)
Noodtiella sp. (Saroz report, one copepodit, not identified)
HARPACTICIDAE Sars, 1904
Harpacticus Milne-Edwards, 1840
Harpacticus compsonyx Monard, 1926
Harpacticus flexus Brady & Robertson, 1873
Harpacticus flexulosus Ceccherelli, 1988
Harpacticus littoralis Sars, 1910
Harpacticus nicaeensis Claus, 1866
Harpacticus obscurus T. Scott, 1895
Harpacticus pacificus Lang, 1965
Harpacticus tenellus G. O. Sars, 1920
Harpacticus uniremis Kröyer, 1842
HUNTEMANNIIDAE Por, 1986
Nannopus Brady, 1880
Nannopus palustris Brady, 1880
LAOPHONTIDAE Scott, 1905
Afrolaophonte Chappuis, 1960
Afrolaophonte pori Masry, 1970
Asellopsis Brady & Robertson, 1873
Asellopsis hispida Brady & Robertson, 1873
Asellopsis sarmatica Jakubisiak, 1938
Echinolaophonte Nicholls, 1941
Echinolaophonte hystrix (Brian, 1928)
Heterolaophonte Lang, 1944
Heterolaophonte curvata (Douwe,1929)
Heterolaophonte stroemii (Baird, 1834)
Heterolaophonte uncinata (Czerniavski, 1868)
Heterolaophonte sp. (Saroz report, H. aff. campbelliensis, differs wtih the shape of female exopod)
Klieonychocamptus Noodt, 1958
Klieonychocamptus aff. kliei adriaticus (Petkovski, 1954)
Klieonychocamptus ponticus (Serban & Plesa, 1957)
Laophonte Philippi, 1840
Laophonte cornuta Philippi, 1840
Laophonte elongata barbata Lang, 1934
Laophonte hirta
Laophonte inornata A. Scott, 1902
Laophonte lignosa Hicks, 1988
Laophonte nordgaardi Sars, 1908
Laophonte plana Fiers, 1986
Laophonte setosa Boeck, 1865
Laophonte triarticulata Monard, 1928
Lipomelum Fiers, 1986
Lipomelum adriaticum (Petkovski, 1955)
Lipomelum heteromelum Fiers, 1986
Paralaophonte Lang, 1944
Paralaophonte asellopsiformis Lang, 1965
Paralaophonte congenera mediterranea Lang, 1948
Paralaophonte dieuzeidei (Monard, 1936)
Paralaophonte brevirostris (Claus,1863)
Paralaophonte quaterspinata (Brian, 1917)
Pseudechinolaophonte Song, Lee, Kim, George & Khim, 2023
Pseudechinolaophonte mordoganensis (Kuru, Sönmez & Karaytuğ, 2019)
Troglaophonte Huys & Lee, 2000
Troglophonte lampsakosiensis Kabaca & Sak, 2023 (Note: Collected from marine environment but salinity was 26.31 ppt)
LAOPHONTOPSIDAE Huys ve Willems, 1989
Laophontopsis Sars, 1908
Laophontopsis borealis Huys ve Willems, 1989
Laophontopsis lamellifera (Claus, 1863)
LATIREMIDAE Bozic, 1969
Delameralla Chappius 1954a
Delameralla obscura Huys, Karaytug & Cotarelli, 2005
LEPTASTACIDAE Lang, 1948
Ciplakastacus Sak, Karaytuğ ve Huys, 2008
Ciplakastacus mersinensis Sak, Karaytuğ ve Huys, 2008
Meloriastacus Huys & Todaro, 1997
Meloriastacus ctenidis Huys & Todaro, 1997
Minervella Cottarelli & Venanzetti, 1989
Minervella baccettii Cottarelli & Venanzetti, 1989
Paraleptastacus Wilson, 1932
Paraleptastacus holsaticus Kunz, 1937
Paraleptastacus kliei (Gagern, 1923)
Paraleptastacus triseta Noodt, 1954a
Stereoxiphos Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2005
Stereoxiphos sp.
Stereoxiphos operculatus (Masry, 1970)
LEPTOPONTIIDAE Lang, 1948
Psammopsyllus Nicholls, 1945b
Psammopsyllus ertunci
Psammopsyllus operculatus Nicholls, 1945
LONGIPEDIIDAE Sars, 1903
Longipedia Claus, 1863
Longipedia coronata Claus, 1863
Longipedia minor T.A. Scott, 1893
LOURINIIDAE Monard, 1927
Lourinia Wilson, 1924
Lourinia armata (Claus, 1866)
METIDAE Sars, 1910
Laubieria Soyer, 1966
Laubieria tercera Fiers, 1992
Metis Philippi, 1843
Metis ignea Philippi, 1843
Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891)
MIRACIIDAE Dana, 1846
Amonardia Lang, 1944
Amonardia similis (Claus, 1866)
Amonardia pentasetosa Noodt, 1954
Amonardia perturbata Lang, 1965
Amonardia phyllopus (Sars, 1906)
Amphiascoides Nicholls, 1941
Amphiascoides brevifurca (Czerniavsky, 1868)
Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927
Amphiascopsis cinctus (Claus, 1866)
Amphiascopsis thalestroides (Sars, 1911)
Bulbamphiascus Lang, 1944
Bulbamphiascus imus (Brady, 1872)
Diosaccus Boeck, 1872
Diosaccus tenuicornis (Claus, 1863)
Diosaccus truncatus Gurney, 1927
Diosaccus varicolor pentasetosus Noodt, 1955
Delavalia Brady, 1869
Delavalia oblonga Lang, 1965
Eoschizopera Wells & Rao, 1976 (Should be Sch. gligici)
Eoschizopera (P.) gligici (Petkovski, 1957) – unverified
Haloschizopera Lang, 1944
Haloschizopera exigua (Sars, 1906)
Haloschizopera marmarae Noodt, 1955
Ialysus Brian, 1927
Ialysus rufus Brian, 1927
Metamphiascopsis Lang, 1944
Metamphiascopsis hirsutus bermudae (Thompson ve A. Scott, 1903)
Paramphiascella Lang, 1944
Paramphiascella mediterranea Lang, 1948
Paramphiascella robinsoni (A. Scott, 1902)
Paramphiascella vararensis (Scott T., 1903)
Psammotopa Pennak, 1942
Psammotopa vulgaris Pennak, 1942
Protopsammotopa Geddes, 1968
Protopsammotopa wilsoni Wells, 1977
Robertgurneya Lang, 1944
Robertgurneya diversa Lang, 1965
Robertgurneya smithi Hamond, 1973
Robertgurneya soyeri Apostolov, 1974
Robertgurneya rostrata (Gurney, 1927)
Robertgurneya sp. (Saroz report, R. aff. soyeri – differs with P1 p1 enp-3 l/w ratio)
Robertsonia Brady, 1880
Robertsonia knoxi (T. Scott, 1903)
Robertsonia propinqua (T. Scott, 1893)
Sarsamphiascus Huys, 2009
Sarsamphiascus angustipes (Gurney, 1927)
Sarsamphiascus kawamurai (Ueda ve Nagai, 2005)
Sarsamphiascus minutus (Claus, 1863)
Sarsamphiascus parvus (Sars G.O, 1906)
Sarsamphiascus tainui (Hicks, 1989)
Sarsamphiascus tenuiremis (Brady & Robertson, 1876)
Schizopera Sars, 1905
Schizopera (Sch.) brusinae Petkovski, 1954
Schizopera (Sch.) clandestina (Klie, 1924)
Schizopera (Sch.) compacta Lint, 1922
Schizopera lagrecai Pesce, 1988
Schizopera (Sch.) kunzi Apostolov, 1967
Schizopera pratensis Noodt, 1958
Schizopera (Sch.) pontica Chappuis & Serban, 1953
Schizopera sp. (Sch. aff. gligici , P1 l/w ratio different)
Schizoperoides Por, 1968
Schizoperoides expeditionis (Por, 1968)
Stenhelia Boeck, 1865
Stenhelia sp
NORMANELLIDAE Lang, 1944
Normanella Brady, 1880
Normanella sarsi Lee ve Huys, 1999
ORTHOPSYLLIDAE Huys, 1990
Orthopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873
Orthopsyllus linearis (Claus, 1866)
Orthopsyllus sp. (Saroz report, O. aff. linearis – probably new species)
PARAMESOCHRIDAE Lang, 1944
Apodopsyllus Kunz, 1962
Apodopsyllus arenicolus (Chappuis, 1954)
Apodopsyllus biarticulatus Cottarelli ve Altamura, 1986
Diarthrodella Klie, 1949
Diarthrodella ergeneae Sönmez, Karaytuğ & Sak, 2015
Emertonia Wilson C.B., 1932
Emertonia constricta constricta (Nicholls, 1935) as Kliopsyllus constrictus
Emertonia constricta orotavae (Noodt, 1958)
Emertonia constricta pacifica (Mielke, 1984)
Emertonia holsatica holsatica (Klie, 1929) as Kliopsyllus holsaticus
Emertonia masryi (Bodin, 1979)
Emertonia yildizi as Kliopsyllus yildizi
Emertonia sp. (Saroz report, aff. holsatica – differs with female p5 setae type, one female)
Leptopsyllus Scott T., 1894
Leptopsyllus punctatus Mielke, 1984
Paramesochra T. Scott, 1892
Paramesochra helgolandica Kunz, 1936
Wellsopsyllus Kunz, 1981
Wellsopsyllus intermedius (Scott T. & A., 1895)
PARASTENHELIIDAE Lang, 1944
Penicillicaris Huys & Mu, 2021
Penicillicaris pectinimana (Car, 1884) ( as Parastenhelia hornelli Thompson & A. Scott, 1903 and P. spinosa)
Porirualia Huys & Mu, 2021
Porirualia pyriformis (Song, Kim & Chang, 2003) as Parastenhelia pyriformis
Karaytugia Huys & Mu, 2021
Karaytugia aydini (Kuru & Karaytuğ, 2015) as Parastenhelia aydini
PELTIDIIDAE Sars, 1904
Alteutha Baird, 1845
Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837)
Alteutha oblonga (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha sarsi Monard, 1924
Alteutha typica Czerniavski, 1868
Eupelte Claus, 1860
Eupelte aurulenta Wells & Rao, 1987
Eupelte gracilis Claus, 1860
PORCELLIDIIDAE Boeck, 1865
Porcellidium Claus, 1860
Porcellidium fimbriatum Claus, 1863
RHIZOTRICHIDAE Por, 1986
Tryphoema Monard, 1926
Tryphoema bocqueti (Bozic, 1953)
Tryphoema gallipoliensis Alper, Sak & Metin, 2018
TACHIDIIDAE Boeck, 1865
Euterpina Norman, 1903
Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848)
TEGASTIDAE Sars, 1904
Tegastes Norman, 1903
Tegastes falcatus (Norman, 1868)
TETRAGONICIPITIDAE Lang, 1944
Odaginiceps Fiers, 1995
Odaginiceps korykosensis Karaytug, Sak & Alper, 2010
Phyllopodopsyllus T. Scott, 1906
Phyllopodopsyllus berrieri Monard, 1936
Phyllopodopsyllus bradyi (Scott T., 1892)
Phyllopodopsyllus briani Petkovski, 1955
Phyllopodopsyllus gracilipes Wells ve Rao, 1987
Phyllopodopsyllus thiebaudi Petkovski, 1955
THALESTRIDAE Sars, 1905
Eudactylopus A. Scott, 1909
Eudactylopus andrewi Sewell, 1940
Eudactylopus robustus (Claus, 1863)
Eudactylopus spectabilis (Brian, 1923)
Parathalestris Brady ve Robertson, 1873
Parathalestris bulbiseta Lang, 1965
Parathalestris harpactoides (Claus, 1863)
Parathalestris similis Lang, 1936
Phyllothalestris Sars, 1905
Phyllothalestris boxshalli
Phyllothalestris mysis (Claus, 1863)
Thalestris Claus, 1863
Thalestris rufoviolacens Claus, 1866
TISBIDAE Stebbing, 1910
Scutellidium Claus, 1866
Scutellidium ligusticum (Brian, 1920)
Scutellidium longicauda (Philippi, 1840)
Scutellidium longicaudum acheloides Itô, 1976
Tisbe Lilljeborg, 1853
Tisbe dilatata Klie, 1949
Tisbe furcata (Baird, 1837)
Tisbe perplexa Volkmann, 1979