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

(syn.HETEROPSYLLIDAE Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008)

Cletocamptinae Gomes & Rivera, 2022

AMPHIBIPERITA Fiers & Rutledge, 1990

  • Amphibiperita neotropica (Jakobi, 1956) [USA, Brazil; brackish coastal waters]


    AUSTRALOCAMPTUS Karanovic, 2004

  • Australocamptus hamondi Karanovic, 2004 [W-Australia; ground waters]
  • Australocamptus similis Karanovic, 2004 [W-Australia; ground waters]
  • Australocamptus diversus Karanovic, 2004 [W-Australia; ground waters]


    BOREOLIMELLA Huys & Thistle, 1989

  • Boreolimella nympha (Por, 1964) [Skagerak; muds]
  • Boreolimella dubia (Wells, 1965) [Scotland; muds]


    PUSILLARGILLUS Huys & Thistle, 1989

  • Pusillargillus nixe Huys & Thistle, 1989 [Israel, ?]


    PERUCAMPTUS Huys & Thistle, 1989

  • Perucamptus rapiens Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979 [north America; ?]


    DAHLAKOCAMPTUS Huys, 2009

    (syn. Dahlakia Por, 1986)

  • Dahlakocamptus xenuus (Por, 1968) [Red Sea]


    HANIKRAIA Huys, 2009

    (syn. Poria Lang, 1965)

  • Hanikraia derketo (Por, 1964) [levantine and Pontic; sea waters]


    MESOPSYLLUS Por, 1960

  • Mesopsyllus atargatis Por, 1960 [Schwarzen Sea]
  • Mesopsyllus curvisetus (Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008)
  • Mesopsyllus dimorphus Mu & Huys, 2017 [China]
  • Mesopsyllus glacialis Nokinov & Sharafutdigen, 2021 [Artic]
  • Mesopsyllus secundus (Wells, 1965) [Scotland; meiobenthos]
  • Mesopsyllus spiniferus Mu & Huys, 2017 [China]


    PAREPACTOPHANES Kunz, 1935

  • Parepactophanes dubia Noodt, 1958 [Canarie islands; coastal waters] (syn.Taurocletodes dubius (Noodt, 1958)
    syn. of Taurocletodes dubius (Noodt, 1958)
  • Parepactophanes gallicus (Kunz, 1975)
  • Parepactophanes minuta Kunz, 1935
  • Parepactophanes tumenae (Karaytug & Huys, 2004) accepted as Taurocletodes tumenae Karaytug & Huys, 2004


    HEMIMESOCHRA Sars, 1920

  • Hemimesochra atargatis (Por, 1960) accepted as Mesopsyllus atargatis Por, 1960
  • Hemimesochra clavularis Sars, 1920 [Norway; psammon]
  • Hemimesochra derketo Por, 1964 = Poria derketo (Por, 1964)
  • Hemimesochra dubia Wells, 1965 accepted as Boreolimella dubia (Wells, 1965)
  • Hemimesochra nympha Por, 1964 accepted as Boreolimella nympha (Por, 1964)
  • Hemimesochra nixe Por, 1964 accepted as Pusillargillus nixe (Por, 1964)
  • Hemimesochra rapiens Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979 accepted as Perucamptus rapiens (Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979)
  • Hemimesochra secunda Wells, 1965 accepted as Mesopsyllus secundus (Wells, 1965)
  • Hemimesochra trisetosa Coull, 1973 [North Carolina, USA] (=Carolinicola trisetosa (Coull, 1973)


    NANNOMESOCHRA Gurney, 1932 (syn. Archeolourinia Corgosinho & Schizas, 2013, according to Alper et al., 2023)

  • Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925) [Europe, Africa, north America, Australia; marine, wetlands]
  • Nannomesochra erythraiensis Alper et al., 2023 [Turkey]
  • Nannomesochra gebekumensis Alper et al., 2023 [Turkey]
  • Nannomesochra gizizi Alper et al., 2023 [Turkey]
  • Nannomesochra parvula Gurney, 1927 (syn. Nannomesochra arupinensis (Brian, 1925)
  • Nannomesochra shermani Alper et al., 2023 [Turkey]
  • Nannomesochra zavodniki Petkovski & Apostolov, 1974


    HETEROPSYLLUS T. Scott, 1894 (syn. Cletomesochra Sars G.O., 1920)

    "The genus Heteropsyllus T. Scott, 1894 can be referred to as the mass genera Canthocamptidae s. lat. This genus, which is quite complex for taxonomy, was initially attributed to Cletodidae T. Scott, 1904 [Lang, 1948] and later transferred to Canthocamptidae [Por, 1986]. Kornev & Chertoprud [2008] separated the genus into a monotypic family Heteropsyllidae Kornev et Chertoprud, 2008. Following that, some authors still indicated this genus as part of the Canthocamptidae family [George, 2013; Garlitska et al., 2019], including the recently described species Heteropsyllus spongiophilus Novikov et Sharafutdinova, 2021. The authors indicated the similarity of Heteropsyllus in some characteristics to Hemimesochrinae; however, they do not indicate the exact position [Novikov, Sharafutdinova 2021]" (from Novikov et al., 2021 The genus should be separated into the family Heteropsyllidae, according to Kornev & Chertoprud [2008].

  • Heteropsyllus confluens (Soyer, 1975) [France]
  • Heteropsyllus coulli Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008
  • Heteropsyllus coreanus Nam & Lee, 2006 [Korea; interstitial]
  • Heteropsyllus curticaudatus (Scott, 1894) [UK; marine]
  • Heteropsyllus celticus Nam & Lee, 2006 [England; interstitial]
  • Heteropsyllus dimorphus Por, 1959 (syn. Heteropsyllus major (Sars G.O., 1920)
  • Heteropsyllus exiguus (Sars, 1911) [Norway]
  • Heteropsyllus major (Sars, 1920) [Norway; psammon]
  • Heteropsyllus masculus Kunz, 1971 [Germany]
  • Heteropsyllus meridionalis (Soyer, 1975) [France]
  • Heteropsyllus minutus Wells, 1965 accepted as Bathycamptus minutus (Wells, 1965)
  • Heteropsyllus nanus (Sars, 1920) [Norway, Sweden]
  • Heteropsyllus nunni (Coull,1975) [USA]
  • Heteropsyllus pseudonunni Coull & Palmer, 1980 [USA]
  • Heteropsyllus rostratus rostratus (Sars, 1920) [north Europe; psammon]
  • Heteropsyllus rostratus similis Smirnov, 1964 [Arctic Ocean]
  • Heteropsyllus serratus Schriever. 1983
  • Heteropsyllus spiridonovi Novikov et al., 2021 [Laptev Sea]
  • Heteropsyllus spongiophilus Nokinov & Sharafutdigen, 2021 [Artic]

    | Key to the species of the genus Heteropsyllus (modified from Coull and Palmer 1980) |

    PSAMMOCAMPTUS Mielke, 1975

  • Psammocamptus axi Mielke, 1975 [Sylt Island, Germany; psammon]
  • Psammocamptus eckmani (Huys & Thistle, 1989) (syn. Bathycamptus eckmani Huys & Thistle, 1989
  • Psammocamptus galapagoensis Mielke, 1997 [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
  • Psammocamptus minutus (Wells , 1965) (syn. Bathycamptus minutus (Wells, 1965)




    Canthocamptidae incertae sedis


    TAUROCLETODES Kunz, 1975 (Copepoda, Canthocamptidae incertae sedis according to Karaytug & Huys 2004)

  • Taurocletodes dubius (Noodt, 1958) [Canarie islands; coastal waters]
  • Taurocletodes gallicus (Noodt, 1958) (syn. Parepactophanes gallicus (Kunz, 1975)
  • Taurocletodes tumenae Karaytung & Huys, 2004 [Turkey; sandy beaches]




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