North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Thalestris Claus, 1862

Thalestris longimana from Brian, A 1921

AphiaID

115470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115470)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Thalestris longimana Claus, 1863 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Thalestrinae Lang, 1936

Original name

Thalestris Claus, 1862

Direct children (15)

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Species Thalestris brunnea Sars G.O., 1905
Species Thalestris curticornis Boeck, 1865
Species Thalestris filifera Krichagin, 1877
Species Thalestris frigida Scott T., 1899
Species Thalestris gibba (Krøyer in Gaimard, 1842-1845)
Species Thalestris longimana Claus, 1863
Species Thalestris longipes Boeck, 1865
Species Thalestris microphylla Claus, 1863
Species Thalestris normani Scott T., 1903
Species Thalestris peltata (Boeck, 1865)
Species Thalestris purpurea Sars G.O., 1905
Species Thalestris rhodymeniae (Brady, 1894)
Species Thalestris rufoviolascens Claus, 1866
Species Thalestris denti Brady, 1905 accepted as Parathalestris denti (Brady, 1905)
Species Thalestris northumbrica (Brady, 1905) accepted as Parathalestris northumbrica Norman & Brady, 1909

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 128 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Thalestris Claus, 1862. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115470 on 2026-09-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Thalestris Claus, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=115470 on 2026-09-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Huys, Rony

2005-04-01 10:30:46Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-07-31 11:38:11Z

checked

Walter, T. Chad

2011-10-01 17:14:47Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2013-04-18 15:18:05Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2015-09-10 06:29:49Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-25 10:09:46Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2020-06-06 19:30:46Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 128 [details]

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. 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. 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. 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. 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 128 [details] Available for editors

additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Volume II. Ray Society, London. 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 128 [details]

additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. . In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa. 4174:448-729., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.3 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1936). Copepoda Harpacticoida. In: Bock, S. (ed.). Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. Stockholm 3(3):1-68, figs. 1-92. (ii-1936) [details] Available for editors

additional source Torii, S. & H. Yamamoto. (1975). Thalestris sp., a parasitic Copepoda on Undaria pinnatifida (a preliminary report). Journal of the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station (Suisan Chosa Hokoku) 32(9):29-34, figs. 1-3. (ix-1975; in Japanese.) [details]