LATIREMIDAE Bozic, 1969

Latiremidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) are genuinely mesopsammic and restricted to sandy beaches, frequently extending into the phreatic zone near river mouths. Their first representative was discovered during the intensive sampling surveys organized by Claude Delamare Deboutteville in the Western Mediterranean (from: Huys et al., 2005).

Recently Huys et al. (2005) pointed out a reassessment of the generic distinctiveness of Delamarella and the monotypic genus Latiremus Božic, 1969. According to the authors "morphological criteria, traditionally employed to separate both genera, are all essentially unsound and based on erroneous reports in the literature. Consequently, Latiremus is relegated to a junior synonym of the type genus, leaving Delamarella and Arbutifera Huys & Kunz, 1988 as the only remaining valid genera in the family".

DELAMARELLA Chappuis, 1954 (syn. Latiremus Božic, 1969)

Delamarella arenicola Chappuis, 1954 [France; marine interstitial]

Delamarella eximia Huys et al., 2005 [Turkey]

Delamarella galateae Cottarelli, 1971 [Italy, Sardinia; marine interstitial]

Delamarella karamani Petkovski, 1957 [Bulgaria; marine interstitial]

Delamarella obscura Huys, Karaytug & Cottarelli, 2005 [Black Sea]

Delamarella phyllosetosa Kunz, 1984 [Africa] syn. Arbutifera phyllosetosa (Kunz, 1984)

Delamarella shindleri Kiefer (?)

LATIREMUS Bozic, 1969 (synonym of Delamarella Chappuis, 1954)

Latiremus eximius Bozic, 1969 [France; marine interstitial] (=.Delamarella eximia (Božic, 1969)

ARBUTIFERA Huys & Kunz, 1988

Arbutifera phyllosetosa (Kunz, 1984) [Africa, marine interstitial]

PROTOLATIREMIDAE Wells. 2007

PROTOLATIREMUS Ito, 1974

Protolatiremus sakaguchii Ito, 1974 [Japan; marine interstitial]

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