ACARTIIDAE Sars G.O., 1903

"The Acartiidae is one of the most numerous families of copepod in estuarine and coastal environments from tropical to polar latitudes. Many acartiid species have been known as cosmopolitan species. However, recent studies show that the number of cosmopolitan species is surprisingly small (Bradford, 1976; Park, 1994; Reid, 1997/98)" (from: Soh & Suh, 2000)
The Acartiidae was placed in the superfamily Diaptomoidea by Andronov (1974) and Park (1986).

ACARTIA Dana, 1846 (syn. Dias Lilljeborg, 1853 )

The copepod genus Acartia Dana, 1846, presently comprised of 56 species, lives in estuarine and coastal waters worldwide (Razouls et al., 2005-2012)

  • Acartia (Acartia) danae Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Acartia (Acartia) forcipata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897
  • Acartia (Acartia) longisetosa Brady, 1914
  • Acartia (Acartia) nana Brady, 1914
  • Acartia (Acartia) negligens Dana, 1849
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) Steuer, 1915
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) bacorehuiensis Zamora-Sanchez & Gomez-Aguirre, 1985
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) bifilosa (Giesbrecht, 1881)
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) bilobata Abraham, 1970
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) cagayanensis Sakaguchi & Ueda, 2020
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) californiensis Trinast, 1976
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) chilkaensis Sewell, 1919
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) dweepi Haridas & Madhupratap, 1978
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) fossae Gurney, 1927
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) giesbrechti Dahl, 1894 (syn. Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849)
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) intermedia (Poppe, 1885) (syn. Acartia bifilosa (Giesbrecht, 1881)
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) italica Steuer, 1910
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) levequei Grice, 1964
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) ohnoi Hueda 2024 [Philippines]
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) pietschmani Pesta, 1912
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) plumosa Scott T., 1894
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) sinjiensis Mori, 1940
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) spinata Esterly, 1911
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) steueri Smirnov, 1936
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) tropica Ueda & Hiromi, 1987
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) tsuensis Ito Tak, 1956
  • Acartia (Acanthacartia) tumida Willey, 1920

  • Acartia (Acartiura) bermudensis Esterly, 1911
  • Acartia (Acartiura) clausi Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Acartia (Acartiura) discaudata (Giesbrecht, 1881)
  • Acartia (Acartiura) ensifera Brady, 1899
  • Acartia (Acartiura) enzoi Crisafi, 1974
  • Acartia (Acartiura) fancetti McKinnon, Kimmerer & Benzie, 1992
  • Acartia (Acartiura) floridana Davis, 1948
  • Acartia (Acartiura) hongi Soh & Suh, 2000
  • Acartia (Acartiura) hudsonica Pinhey, 1926
  • Acartia (Acartiura) jilletti Bradford, 1976
  • Acartia (Acartiura) lefevreae Bradford, 1976
  • Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
  • Acartia (Acartiura) margalefi Alcaraz, 1976
  • Acartia (Acartiura) omorii Bradford, 1976
  • Acartia (Acartiura) simplex Sars G.O., 1905
  • Acartia (Acartiura) teclae Bradford, 1976
  • Acartia (Acartiura) tranteri Bradford, 1976

  • Acartia (Euacartia) forticrusa Soh, Moon, Park, Bun & Venmathi Maran, 2013
  • Acartia (Euacartia) sarojus Madhupratap & Haridas, 1994
  • Acartia (Euacartia) southwelli Sewell, 1914

  • Acartia (Hypoacartia) adriatica Steuer, 1910
  • Acartia (Hypoacartia) macropus Cleve, 1900

  • Acartia (Odontacartia) Steuer, 1915
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) amboinensis Carl, 1907
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) australis Farran, 1936
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) bispinosa Carl, 1907
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) bowmani Abraham, 1976
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) centrura Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) edentata Srinui, Ohtsuka & Metillo
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) erythraea Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) japonica Mori, 1940
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) laxa Dana, 1849
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) lilljeborgii Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) nadiensis Lee, S, Soh & W. Lee, 2019
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) ohtsukai Ueda & Bucklin, 2006
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer, 1915
  • Acartia (Odontacartia) spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889

    Acartia (Planktacartia) Steuer, 1915

  • Acartia adriatica Steuer, 1910 (syn. Acartia (Hypoacartia) adriatica Steuer, 1910)
  • Acartia arbruta Smith, Galbraith, Young, Perry, Sastri & Nelson, 2021
  • Acartia denticornis Brady, 1883
  • Acartia limpida Dana, 1849
  • Acartia mediterranea Pesta, 1909
  • Acartia mollicula Pavlova & Shmeleva, 2010
  • Acartia mossi (Norman, 1878)
  • Acartia ponteloides (Krichagin, 1873)
  • Acartia remivagantis Oliveira, 1946
  • Acartia seshaiyai Subbaraju, 1968
  • Acartia eremeevi Pavlova & Shmeleva, 2010 (nomen dubium)

    Key to the species of genus Acartia


    ACARTIELLA Sewell, 1914 (syn, Acartia (Acartiella) Steuer, 1934 )

  • Acartiella faoensis Khalaf, 1991
  • Acartiella gravelyi Sewell, 1919
  • Acartiella kempi Sewell, 1914
  • Acartiella keralensis (Wellershaus, 1969)
  • Acartiella major Sewell, 1919
  • Acartiella minor Sewell, 1919
  • Acartiella natalensis (Connell & Grindley, 1974)
  • Acartiella nicolae Dussart, 1985
  • Acartiella sewelli Steuer, 1934
  • Acartiella sinensis Shen & Lee, 1963
  • Acartiella tortaniformis (Sewell, 1912)


    PARACARTIA Scott T., 1894 (syn. Mesqueria Labbé, 1927)

  • Paracartia africana (Steuer, 1915)
  • Paracartia antarctica Thompson I.C., 1898 (syn. Paralabidocera antarctica (Thompson I.C., 1898)
  • Paracartia coerulescens (Labbé, 1926)
  • Paracartia dubia Scott T., 1893
  • Paracartia grani grani Sars G.O., 1904
  • Paracartia josephinae (Crisafi, 1974) (syn. Pteriacartia josephinae (Crisafi, 1974)
  • Paracartia latisetosa (Krichagin, 1873)
  • Paracartia longipatella (Connell & Grindley, 1974)
  • Paracartia spinicaudata Scott T., 1894 (syn. Paracartia dubia Scott T., 1893)


    PARALABIDOCERA Wolfenden, 1908

  • Paralabidocera amphitrites McMurrich, 1916 (syn. Epilabidocera amphitrites (McMurrich, 1916)
  • Paralabidocera antarctica (Thompson I.C., 1898)
  • Paralabidocera hodgsoni Wolfenden, 1908 (syn. Paralabidocera antarctica (Thompson I.C., 1898)
  • Paralabidocera grandispina Waghorn, 1979
  • Paralabidocera separabilis Brodsky & Zvereva, 1976


    PTERIACARTIA Belmonte, 1998

  • Pteriacartia josephinae (Crisafi, 1974)

    Dias Lilljeborg, 1853 syn. Acartia Dana, 1846; Genus Hypoacartia Steuer, 1915 syn.Acartia (Hypoacartia) Steuer, 1915; Mesqueria Labbé, 1927 syn.Paracartia Scott T., 1894

    QUESTIONABLE SPECIES

  • Acartia hamada Wilson, 1950


    Key to the genera of family Acartiidae


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