 SUPERFAMILY TISBOIDEA Stebbing, 1910PELTIDIIDAE Sars, 1904 (syn. CLYTEMNESTRIDAE A. Scott, 1909) subf.Clytemnestrinae Scott A., 1909
The Peltidiidae are a world-wide distributed family of pelagic, phytal and benthic Harpacticoida (Copepoda). Although their often bright colours and typical dorso-ventrally depressed body shapes seem to characterize the Peltidiidae as an exclusively substrate-associated family, lots of species are described from the plankton.
Subfamily Clytemnestrinae Scott A., 1909CLYTEMNESTRA Scott, 1893 (syn. Goniopelte Claus, 1891 )
Clytemnestra asetosa Huys & Conroy-Dalton , 2000 
Clytemnestra atlantica Lubbock, 1856
Clytemnestra farrani Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000
Clytemnestra gracilis (Scott, 1893)
Clytemnestra hendorffi hendorffi Poppe, 1891
Clytemnestra hendorffi quinquesetosa Huys & Conroy-Dalton , 2000
Clytemnestra longipes Huys & Conroy-Dalton , 2000
Clytemnestra rostrata (Brady, 1883) (= Goniopsyllus rostratus Brady, 1883)
Clytemnestra scutellata Dana, 1847
Clytemnestra tenuis Lubbock, 1863
GONIOPSYLLUS Brady, 1883 (syn. Sapphir Car, 1890 )
Goniopsyllus brasiliensis Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000
Goniopsyllus clausi Huys & Conroy-Dalton ,2000
Goniopsyllus dokdoensis Cho, W.S. Kim & Lee, 2010
Goniopsyllus rostratus Brady, 1883
Goniopsyllus tenuis Huys & Conroy-Dalton, 2000 (nomen nudum)
Goniopelte Claus, 1891 = Clytemnestra Dana, 1847;
Sapphir Car, 1890 (=Goniopsyllus Brady, 1883 (synonym)
Subfamily Peltidiinae Claus, 1860
ALTEUTHA Sars, 1904 (syn. Carillus Goodsir, 1845; Sterope Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha aberrans Czerniavski, 1868
Alteutha alsagopu Gómez & Varela, 2013
Alteutha armatus (Lang, 1948)
Allteutha austrina Scott T., 1912 (= Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837)
Alteutha bopyroides Claus, 1863 (= Alteutha interrupta (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha crenulatum (Brady, 1880) (=Alteutha crenulata (Brady, 1880)
Alteutha depressa (Claus, 1863)
Alteutha dubia Scott, 1912
Alteutha interrupta (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha islandica Apostolov, 2021 [Iceland
Alteutha langi Monk, 1941
Alteutha litoralis Pallares, 1968
Alteutha nana Brady, 1910
Alteutha novaezealandiae (Brady 1899)
Alteutha norvegica Boeck, 1865 (=Alteutha interrupta (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha oblonga (Brady, 1880)
Alteutha ovalis (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha polarsternae Dahms, 1992
Alteutha potter Veit-Koehler, 2007
Alteutha purpurocincta Norman, 1869 (=Eupelte purpurocincta (Norman, 1869)
Alteutha rara Jakobi, 1954
Alteutha roea (Hicks, 1982)
Alteutha sarsi Monard, 1928
Alteutha sarsi Hicks, 1982
Alteutha sewelli Krishnaswamy, 1952
Alteutha signata Brady, 1910
Alteutha spinicauda Nicholls, 1941
Alteutha trisetosa Lang, 1936
Alteutha typica Por, 1960
Alteutha aberrans Lang, 1948
Alteutha nana Brady, 1910
Alteutha spinicauda Nicholls, 1941
Alteutha ovalis (Goodsir ,1845)
Alteutha depressa Huys et al., 1996
Alteutha oblonga Huys et al., 1996
Alteutha potter Veit-Kohler & Fuentes, 2007 [Antarctica]
Alteutha rara Jakobi (?)
Alteutha roeae Huys et al., 1996
Alteutha villosa Brady, 1910 (= Eupelte villosa (Brady, 1910)
ALTHEUTHELLA Sars,, 1909
Alteuthella pellucida Scott, 1909
Alteuthella pygmaea Scott, 1909
Alteuthella spinicauda Scott, 1909
ALTEUTHELLOPSIS Scott, 1909 (invalid name)
Alteuthellopsis corallina Humes, 1981
Alteuthellopsis oblivia (Scott A., 1909)
ALTEUTHOIDES Hicks, 1986
Alteuthoides affinis Kim & Kim ,1998
Alteuthoides kootare Hicks, 1986
ALTEUTHELLOPSIS Lang, 1948
Alteuthellopsis corallina Humes, 1981
Alteuthellopsis corallina Humes, 1981
EUPELTE Claus, 1860 (syn. Paralteutha Scott T., 1912 )
Eupelte acutispinis Zhang & Li, 1976
Eupelte aurulenta Wells & Rao 1987
Eupelte beckleyae Hicks, 1982
Eupelte bicornis Claus, 1863
Eupelte cubensis Varela & Gomez, 2013 [Cuba]
Eupelte dokdoensis Sonh et al., 2024 [Korea]
Eupelte gracilis Claus, 1860
Eupelte hexaseta Hicks, 1982
Eupelte hughesi Varela et al., 2023 [Bermuda]
Eupelte minuta (Ramirez, 1971)
Eupelte oblivia Scott A., 1909 (syn. Alteuthellopsis oblivia (Scott A., 1909)
Eupelte oblonga Claus, 1885
Eupelte purpurocincta (Norman, 1869)
Eupelte regalis Hicks, 1971
Eupelte setacauda Monk, 1941
Eupelte simile (Monk, 1941)
Eupelte tristanensis Wiborg, 1964
Eupelte typica (Scott T., 1912)
Eupelte villosa (Brady, 1910) Key to the females of the species of the genus Eupelte
NEOPELTOPSIS Hicks, 1976
Neopeltopsis althorpensis Walker-Smith, 2005 [Australia; marine]
Neopeltopsis hicksi Pallares, 1979
Neopeltopsis pectinipes Hicks, 1976
PARAPELTIDIUM Nicholls, 1941
Parapeltidium cristatum Nicholls, 1941
Parapeltidium dubium Nicholls, 1941
Parapeltidium johnstoni Scott, 1909
Parapeltidium nichollsi Ummerkutty, 1970
Parapeltidium serratum (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
PELTIDIUM Scott, 1909 (syn. Oniscidium Claus, 1860;
Reticulina Cleve, 1901;
Zausoscidia Haller, 1879;
Zausoscidium Haller, 1879
"Peltidium is a very widely distributed genus with records from different regions of the
world but it is not very diverse in a given area, for instance only three species are known
from the Mediterranean: P. gracile (Claus, 1889), P. purpureum Philippi, 1839, and P.
robustum (Claus, 1889) (Todaro and Cecherelli 2010), two species are known to occur
in East Asia (Song and Yun 1999), and only five species of Peltidium have been known
to occur in the Caribbean region (Varela 2005, Suárez-Morales et al. 2006). Records
include the recently described P. proximus Varela, 2005 from Cuba, which should not
be confused with Nicholls’ (1941) P. proximum from South Australia. The Eastern
Pacific region is not an exception, only a few species of Peltidiidae have been recorded
and among them there are only some unidentified records of Peltidium (Lang 1965,
Cordell 2006)" (from: Suárez-Morales & Jarquín-González 2013)
Peltidium angulatum Thompson & Scott, 1903
Peltidium antillensis Varela & Gomez, 2013 [Cuba]
Peltidium armatum (Claus, 1860)
Peltidium aurivillii (Cleve, 1901)
Peltidium biarticulatum (Lang, 1948)
Peltidium byungwooi Song et al., 2015 [Korea]
Peltidium camilae Varela & Gomez, 2019 [Gulf of Mexico]
Peltidium cinereum Brady, 1915
Peltidium conophorum Poppe, 1885
Peltidium conspicuum Norman & Scott T., 1905
Peltium crenulatus Brady, 1869
Peltidium defreitasi Wells, 1967
Peltidium depressum (Baird, 1845)
Peltidium elegans Wolfenden, 1906
Peltidium exiguum Scott, 1909
Peltidium falcatum Scott, 1909
Peltidium fenestratum Geddes, 1968
Peltidium folii (Haller, 1879)
Peltidium forcipatum Monard, 1928
Peltidium gracile (Claus, 1889)
Peltidium gracilioides Pesta, 1935
Peltidium hawaiiense Lang, 1948
Peltidium incertum (Haller, 1879)
Peltidium intermedium Scott, 1909
Peltidium interruptum Goodsir, 1845
Peltidium laudatum Tanaka & Hue, 1966
Peltidium leptophyllum (Claus, 1889)
Peltidium lerneri Geddes, 1968
Peltidium maldivianum Sewell, 1940
Peltidium minutum Sewell , 1940
Peltidium novaezealandiae Brady, 1899 (=Alteutha novaezealandiae (Brady, 1899)
Peltidium minulum Scott, 1909 (?)
Peltidium monardi Lang, 1948
Peltidium nayarit Suárez-Morales & Jarquín-González 2013 [Mexico; meiobenthos]
Peltidium nichollsi Geddes, 1968
Peltidium ovale Thompson & Scott. 1903
Peltidium perplexum Thompson & Scott, 1903
Peltidium perturbatum Geddes, 1968
Peltidium proximus Varela, 2005 [Cuba; marine]
Peltidium purpureum (Claus, 1860)
Peltidium quadrangulum (Claus, 1889)
Peltidium quinquesetosum Song & Yun, 1999
Peltidium robustum (Claus, 1889)
Peltidium rosei Monard, 1936
Peltidium rubrum Brady, 1915
Peltidium sacesphorum Monard, 1928
Peltidium sculptum (Haller, 1879)
Peltidium serratum Thompson & Scott, 1903 (= Parapeltidium serratum (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
Peltidium simplex Nicholls 1941
Peltidium speciosum Thompson & Scott, 1903
Peltidium triarticulatum (Haller, 1879)
EUPELTIDIUM Scott, 1909Eupeltidium glabrum Scott, 1909
ONISCIDIUM Claus, 1889 (syn. Peltidium Philippi, 1839
Oniscidium gracile Claus, 1889
KEY TO PELTIDIIDAE (NICHOLLS, 1941; LANG, 1948)
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