CANTHOCAMPTIDAE Sars, 1906, emend. Monard, 1927, Lang, 1948



ATTHEYELLA s.l. Brady, 1880


At present the genus Attheyella s. l. Brady, 1880 include more than 150 species distributed in 6 genera, viz. : Attheyella s. str. Chappuis, 1929; Neomrazekiella (Chappuis, 1929) nom. nov. Ozdikmen & Pesce, 2006 ; Canthosella Chappuis, 1931; Chappuisiella Brehm, 1926; Ryloviella Borutzky, 1932; Alekseev (1989);Delachauxiella Brehm, 1926. Wells (2007) and Woo Bang et al., (2015) still consider the above genera as subgenera of Attheyella. The genus is however in need of revision because the species boundaries are not clear due to high variability in number of characters (Reid and Williamson 2009; Woo Bang et al., 2015).


  • Attheyella alaskensis Wilson, 1958 [Alaska; lakes]
  • Attheyella coiffaiti Chappuis, 1958 [Japan; cave waters]
  • Attheyella crassa (Sars, 1863) [Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa; fresh, brackish waters]
  • Attheyella coreana Miura, 1969 [Korea, Japan;surface and cave waters]
  • Attheyella (A.) gladkovi gladkovi Borutzky, 1938 [Asia; mosses, rivers]
  • Attheyella (A.) gladkovi sibirica Borutzky, 1969 [URSS; ground waters]
  • Attheyella (A.) crassa (Sars G.O., 1863)

  • Attheyella heterospina Shen & Tai, 1964
  • Attheyella idahoensis (Marsh, 1903) [north America: fresh waters] (left)
  • Attheyella (A.) jureiae Por & Hadel, 1986 [Brazil, Argentina; fresh waters, bromeliads reservoirs] (2)
  • Attheyella morimotoi Miura, 1962 [Japan; ground waters] (1)
  • Attheyella (A.) nakaii (Brehm, 1927) [Japan; lakes]
  • Attheyella namkungi Kim & Lee, 2005 [Korea; caves]
  • Attheyella nepalensis Loffler, 1968 [Asia, Nepal; fresh waters]
  • Attheyella obatogamensis (Willey, 1925) [north America; fresh waters]
  • Attheyella (A.) orientalis orientalis (Chappuis, 1929) [Japan; lakes]
  • Attheyella (A.) orientalis afghanica Petkovski, 1960 [Afgnanistan; fresh waters]
  • Attheyella (A.) orientalis heterospina Shen & Tai, 1964 [China; fresh waters
  • Attheyella (A.) orientalis mesasiatica Borutzky, 1969 [URSS; lakes]
  • Attheyella (A.) paucisetosa Chang & Kim, 1992 [Korea, Japan; springs, ponds]
  • Attheyella (A.) tahoensis Woo Bang et al., 2015 [USA; lake waters]

  • Attheyella (A.) wierzejskii wierzejskii (Mrazek, 1893) [Europe; fresh waters]
  • Attheyella (A.) wierzejskii crenophila Damian, 1955 [Europe; springs]
  • Attheyella (A.) yesoensis Ishida, 1993 [Japan; pools, streams, lakes]


    (1) probably junior synonym of A. nakaii (Brehm, 1927)

    (2) synonyms: Mesochra sancarlensis Rocha & Matsumura-Tundisi, 1976; Attheyella santaremensis Ebert, 1976


    The following species: A. septemarticulata, A. brasiliensis and A. farelloensis reported by Ebert (1976) from south America are questionable.


    INCERTAE SEDIS

  • Attheyella africana Brady, 1907 [Africa, Ghana]
  • Attheyella capensis Ruhe, 1914 [south Africa]
  • Attheyella cingalensis Brady, 1886 [Sri Lanka]
  • Attheyella ekmani Kiefer, 1933 [south America]
  • Attheyella gessneri Chappuis, 1956 [Venezuela]
  • Attheyella natalis Brady, 1904 [south Africa]
  • Attheyella richardi (Lowndes, 1934) [south America]
  • Attheyella sphagnobiotica Ebert, 1976 [Perů]
  • Attheyella warreni Brady, 1913 [Africa]

  • Atheyella (Brehmiella) carolinensis Chappuis (?)


    | A KEY TO ATTHEYELLA SPECIES FROM KOREA |



    ATTHEYELLA (NEOMRAZEKIELLA) Özdikmen & Pesce, 2006

  • Neomrazekiella alta (Shen & Sung 1965) [China; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella americana (Herrick, 1884) [USA; marsh]
  • Neomrazekiella amurensis (Borutzy, 1936) [URSS, China; brackish waters] (=Ryloviella amurensis (Borutzky, 1936)
  • Neomrazekiella borutzkyi (Smirnov, 1930) [URSS; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella borutzkyi stachanovi Rylov, 1932
  • Neomrazekiella byblis (Chang & Kim, 1992) [Korea, Japan; springs]
  • Neomrazekiella dentata dentata (Poggenpol, 1874) [Europe, Japan, China; fresh, brackish waters]
  • Neomrazekiella dentata americana (Herrick, 1884) [north America; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella dentata coronata (Daday, 1913) [Asia, Mongolia;?]
  • Neomrazekiella dentata trisaetosa Chappuis, 1929
  • Neomrazekiella dentata otmanli Apostolov, 1969
  • Neomrazekiella dogieli (Rylov, 1923) [Asia, USA; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella illinoisensis illinoisensis (Forbes, 1876) [USA, Europe, Asia; continental waters]
  • Neomrazekiella illinoisensis hyperborea (Willey, 1931) [north America; continental waters] *
  • Neomrazekiella illinoisensis volgensis Borutzky, 1952
  • Neomrazekiella meridionalis (Dussart, 1982) [Madagascar; fresh waters, lakes]
  • Neomrazekiella mongoliana (Shen & Chang, 1966) [China; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella naphtalica (Por, 1983) [Israel; springs] (syn. Attheyella (Neomrazekiella) wulmeri (Kerhervé, 1914) **
  • Neomrazekiella nordenskioldii nordenskioldii (Lilljeborg, 1902) [URSS, Japan, USA; fresh waters] *
  • Neomrazekiella nordenskioldii volgensis (Borutzky, 1952) [URSS; brackish waters]
  • Neomrazekiella northumbrica (Brady, 1880) (=Attheyella (Neomrazekiella) dentata dentata (Poggenpool, 1874)
  • Neomrazekiella northumbrica trisaetosa (Chappuis, 1929) [Europe, USA; fresh waters] *
  • Neomrazekiella northumbricoides (Brehm, 1923) [China; brackish waters]
  • Neomrazekiella osmana (Kiefer, 1955) [Europe, Israel; brackish waters] (syn. Attheyella (Neomrazekiella) wulmeri (Kerhervé, 1914) **
  • Neomrazekiella otmanli (Apostolov,1969) [Bulgaria; brackish waters] (taxon inquirendum)
  • Neomrazekiella paranaphtalica (Pesce & Galassi, 1988) Italy, Sicily included; phreatic] (syn. Attheyella (Neomrazekiella) wulmeri (Kerhervé, 1914) **
  • Neomrazekiella pilosa (Chappuis, 1929) [central America; cenotes] (=Ryloviella pilosa (Chappuis, 1929)
  • Neomrazekiella quinquespinosa (Shen & Tai, 1964) [China; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella spinipes (Reid, 1987) [U.S.A.; springs]
  • Neomrazekiella stachanovi (Borutzky, 1930) [Sakhaline islands; brackish waters?]
  • Neomrazekiella tessiae Woo Bang et al., 2015 [USA; lake waters]
  • Neomrazekiella tetraspinosa (Chang, 1993) [Korea; springs]
  • Neomrazekiella trispinosa (Brady, 1880) [Europe, Africa, Israel, fresh, brackish waters]
  • Neomrazekiella ussuriensis (Rylov, 1933) [URSS: brackish waters]
  • Neomrazekiella yunnanensis (Shen & Tai, 1979) [China; fresh waters]
  • Neomrazekiella weigoldi (Brehm, 1923) [China; fresh waters] *
  • Neomrazekiella wulmeri wulmeri (Kerhervé, 1914) [Europe; fresh, interstitial waters]
  • Neomrazekiella wulmeri occidentalis (Roy, 1932) [France; fresh waters] *
  • Neomrazekiella wulmeroides (Borutzky, 1930) [URSS; continental waters] *

    * questionable taxa

    ** Karanovic (1999) put in evidence a great variability of Attheyella wulmeri (= Neomrazekiella wulmeri), including A. osmana, A, naphtalica and A. paranaphtalica. In the same occasion he still preserved, for the nominate taxa, the subgenus Brehmiella Chappuis, 1929, considering this subgenus not preoccupied as Brehm (1949) and Wilson (1958) pointed out.


    Distribution of Neomrazekiella wulmeri according to Karanovic (1999) (modif.)



  • Chappuisiella ablatifurcata (Hamond, 1987)
  • Chappuisiella aliena Noodt, 1956 [Germany; bromeliads]
  • Chappuisiella australica Sars, 1908 [Australia; lakes] *
  • Chappuisiella bullata Ebert & Noodt, 1975 [Chile; hyporheic]
  • Chappuisiella camposi Ebert & Noodt, 1975 [Chile; hyporheic]
  • Chappuisiella chilensis Ebert & Noodt, 1975 [Chile; hyporheic]
  • Chappuisiella crenulata (Mrazek, 1901) [Chile, Argentina; limnopsammon] ****
  • Chappuisiella derelicta (Brian, 1927) [Argentina; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella fuhrmanni fuhrmanni (Thiebaud, 1914) [central and south America; fresh waters] ***
  • Chappuisiella fuhrmanni var. spinosa Dussart, 1983 [Argentina; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella godeti (Delachaux, 1917) [south America; rivers]
  • Chappuisiella guyanensis (Delachaux, 1924) [south America; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella hirsuta Chappuis, 1951 [Tasmania; fresh waters] **
  • Chappuisiella huaronensis (Delachaux, 1917) [south America; lakes]
  • Chappuisiella ilami Dumont & Maas, 1988 [Nepal; leaf litters]
  • Chappuisiella inopinata Chappuis, 1931 [Sumatra; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella kalima (Delachaux, 1924) [Brazil; rivers]
  • Chappuisiella laciniata Ebert & Noodt, 1975 [Chile; hyporheic]
  • Chappuisiella levigata Loffle, 1962 [Chile, fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella lewisae Wells, 2007 [New Zealand; fresh waters, rivers]
    syn.: Attheyella (Chappuisiella) fluviatilis Lewis, 1972 (Wells, 2007)*****
  • Chappuisiella maorica Brehm, 1928 [New Zealand; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella minuta minuta Chappuis, 1931 [Java, Sumatra; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella minuta incerta Chappuis, 1931 [Sumatra, Java; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella oculta (Kiefer, 1926) [Chile; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella orinocoensis (Dussart, 1984) [Venezuela;fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella palustris Chappuis, 1939 [Chile; marsh]
  • Chappuisiella pichilafquensis Loffler, 1962 [south America; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella quillehuensis Loffler, 1962 [Chile; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella rotoruensis Lewis, 1972 [New Zealand; lakes]
  • Chappuisiella ruttneri Chappuis, 1931 [Indonesia; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella subdola (Brian, 1927) [Argentina; fresh waters]
  • Chappuisiella viviani Ebert & Noodt, 1975 [Chile; hyporheic]


    * = Canthocamptus australicus (Sars, 1908) according to Hamond (1987)

    ** = Canthocamptus hirsutus (Chappuis, 1951) according to Hamond (1987)

    *** Synonym: Canthocamptus derelictus Brian, 1927 (Dussart, 1984)

    **** synonyms: Attheyella ekmani Kiefer, 1933 and Attheyella quillehuensis Loffler, 1961 (Menu Marque & Bosnia, 1986)

    ***** Lewis (2007) still reported this taxon as Attheyella (Chappuisiella) lewisae.


    Incertae sedis: A. brasiliana Ebert, 1976 [Brazil], A. salviniae Ebert, 1976 [Brazil], A. koepkei Ebert, 1976 [Perů].



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