RHYNCHOMOLGIDAE Humes & Stock, 1972 
"Rhynchomolgidae Humes and Stock, 1973 is one of the largest families of poecilostomatoid copepods comprising over 250 species living in association with various marine invertebrates (Ho and Kim 2001; Boxshall and Halsey 2004). There are 44 genera
in the family Rhynchomolgidae with the genus Doridicola Leydig, 1853 being the
largest in the family and comprising 52 species (Ho and Ivanenko 2013, Walter and
Boxshall 2018)"(from: Conradi, Bandera, Mudrova & Ivanenko, 2018)
ACANTHOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
"The genus
Acanthomolgus Humes and Stock, 1972 consists of 40 known species associated
with octocorallian corals. All of these species were discovered
in tropical waters in the Indo-West Pacific and the West
Indies, except Acanthomolgus eminulus and A. pollicaris
both of which were described by Humes and Lewbel (1977)
from California, United States"(Lee et al., 2024) .
Acanthomolgus aequiseta Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus affinis Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus ambonensis Kim I.H., 2007
Acanthomolgus arctatipes Humes, 1974
Acanthomolgus astrictus Humes & Stock, 1973
Acanthomolgus bandaensis Kim I.H., 2007
Acanthomolgus bayeri Humes, 1973
Acanthomolgus bilobipes Humes & Stock, 1973
Acanthomolgus boholensis Humes, 1990
Acanthomolgus brevifurca Humes, 1990
Acanthomolgus combinatus Humes, 1974
Acanthomolgus crassae lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus cuneipes (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus dionyx Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus dispadactylus Kim I.H., 2007
Acanthomolgus dokdoicus Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus eminulus Humes & Lewbel, 1977
Acanthomolgus exilipes (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus fissisetiger (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus geminus Kim I.H., 2005
Acanthomolgus gentilis (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus gomumuensis Kim I.H., 2007
Acanthomolgus gorgoniae Humes, 1973
Acanthomolgus hales Humes & Stock, 1973
Acanthomolgus hians (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus intermedius Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus jei Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus longidactylus Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus longifurca Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus longispinifer (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus longiunguifer Kim I.H., 2005
Acanthomolgus mononyx Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus mopsellae Humes, 1974
Acanthomolgus muriceanus Humes, 1973
Acanthomolgus notialis Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus oporinus Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus plantei Humes & Stock, 1973
Acanthomolgus pollicaris Humes & Lewbel, 1977
Acanthomolgus rugosus Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus seticornis Stock, 1975
Acanthomolgus telestophilus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus tenuispinatus Kim I.H., 2009
Acanthomolgus taenichaetatus Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus triangulipes Stock, 1975
Ancanthomolgus triplus Lee et al., 2024 [Korea]
Acanthomolgus varirostratus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus verrucipes Humes, 1973
Acanthomolgus verseveldti (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Acanthomolgus longispinifer (Humes & Ho, 1968)
KEY TO SPECIES OF ACANTHOMOLGUS
ALCYONOMOLGUS Humes, 1990
Alcyonomolgus bicrenatus (Humes, 1982)
Alcyonomolgus dissimilis (Humes, 1982)
Alcyonomolgus incisus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Alcyonomolgus insolens (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Alcyonomolgus lumellifer Humes, 1990
Alcyonomolgus petalophorus (Humes, 1982)
Alcyonomolgus relativus (Humes, 1982)
Alcyonomolgus sarcophyticus (Humes, 1982)
KEY TO SPECIES OF ALCYONOMOLGUS
ANISOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Anisomolgus ensifer Humes, 1982
Anisomolgus goniodes Humes, 1982
Anisomolgus limbatus Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Anisomolgus protentus (Humes & Frost, 1964)
Anisomolgus pterolobatus Humes, 1982
Anisomolgus spinipes (Sewell, 1949)
KEY TO SPECIES OF ANISOMOLGUS
ASCETOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Ascetomolgus plicatus Humes & Stock, 1972
ASPIDOMOLGUS Humes, 1969
Aspidomolgus stoichactinus Humes, 1969
CALONASTES Humes & Goenaga, 1978
Calonastes imparipes Humes & Goenaga, 1978
COLOBOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Colobomolgus bandensis Humes, 1990
Colobomolgus cristatus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Colobomolgus dentipes (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
Colobomolgus epaxius Humes, 1990
Colobomolgus laboutei Humes & Stock, 1973
KEY TO SPECIES OF COLOBOMOLGUS
CONTOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Contomolgus lokobeensis Humes & Stock, 1973
CRITOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1983
"The genus Critomolgus Humes and Stock, 1983 represents a group of 34 (36?) species of
copepods associated with marine invertebrates. Most of these species have been collected
in associations with species of the phyla Cnidaria and Echinodermata in several localities in
the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Gulf of Mexico with three species reported in the Mediterranean Sea" (from Varela et al., 2021)
Critomolgus actiniae (Della Valle, 1880)
Critomolgus antennulus Humes, 1990
Critomolgus anthopleurus Kim I.H., 1996
Critomolgus astrophyticus (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959)
Critomolgus brevicaudatus Kim I.H., 2003
Critomolgus brevipes (Shen & Lee, 1966)
Critomolgus buddhensis (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
Critomolgus bulbipes (Stock & Kleeton, 1963)
Critomolgus caelatus (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus cladiellae Humes, 1990
Critomolgus cylichnophorus (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus dunnae (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus fishelsoni (Stock, 1967)
Critomolgus foxi (Gurney, 1927)
Critomolgus gemmatus (Humes, 1964)
Critomolgus hispidulus (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus isoawamochi (Ho, 1981)
Critomolgus linguifer Kim I.H., 2003
Critomolgus magnificus (Humes, 1964)
Critomolgus malmizalus Kim I.H., 1996
Critomolgus mandoensis Kim I.H., 2003
Critomolgus nudus Kim I.H., 2000
Critomolgus orectopus Humes, 1990
Critomolgus paterellis (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus penicillatus (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus pteropadus (Humes, 1978)
Critomolgus ptilosarci (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Critomolgus rigidus (Ummerkutty, 1962)
Critomolgus scyphulanus (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus titillans (Humes, 1982)
Critomolgus trispinosus (Stock, 1959)
Critomolgus vicinus Kim I.H., 1996
Critomolgus virgulariae (Humes, 1978)
Critomolgus walteri Varela et al., 2021 [Mexico]
KEY TO SPECIES OF CRITOMOLGUS
DIALLAGOMOLGUS Humes, 1979
Diallagomolgus productus Humes, 1979
Diallagomolgus vicinus Humes, 1979
DORIDICOLA Leydig, 1853 (syn. Eolidicola Sars M., 1889; Metaxymolgus Humes & Stock, 1972 )
Doridicola aculeatus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853
Doridicola antheliae (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Doridicola botulosus (Stock & Kleeton, 1963)
Doridicola brevifurcatus (Ummerkutty, 1962)
Doridicola capnellae Humes, 1990
Doridicola chlamydis (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Doridicola cincinnatus (Humes, 1975)
Doridicola cinctus (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Doridicola comai Conradi, Megina & López-González, 2004
Doridicola commodus (Humes, 1964)
Doridicola comparatus (Humes, 1975)
Doridicola confinis (Humes, 1982)
Doridicola congoensis (Scott T., 1894)
Doridicola connexus Humes, 1986
Doridicola cuspis (Humes, 1964)
Doridicola echinasteris (Humes, 1975)
Doridicola gracilipes (Scott A., 1909)
Doridicola helmuti Conradi, Bandera & López-González, 2006
Doridicola hetaericus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Doridicola hirsutipes (Scott T., 1893)
Doridicola inaequalis (Humes & Ho, 1966)
Doridicola indistinctus Ho & Ivanenko, 2013
Doridicola inflatiseta (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Doridicola larani Brunckhorst, 1985
Doridicola longicauda (Claus, 1860)
Doridicola lumarius (Humes, 1980)
Doridicola micropus (Humes, 1973)
Doridicola mimicus (Humes, 1975)
Doridicola myorae (Greenwood, 1971)
Doridicola parapatulus Kim I.H., 2004
Doridicola parvicaudatus Kim I.H., 2003
Doridicola pattayensis Kim I.H. & Hong, 2014
Doridicola patulus (Humes, 1958)
Doridicola pertinax (Humes, 1982)
Doridicola petalopus Humes, 1990
Doridicola portincola Kim I.H., 2007
Doridicola praelongipes (Humes, 1975)
Doridicola rostripes Humes, 1990
Doridicola rumphellae Humes, 1993
Doridicola securiger (Humes, 1964)
Doridicola sensilis (Humes, 1964)
Doridicola senticauda Humes, 1990
Doridicola sepiae (Izawa, 1976)
Doridicola similis Ho & Kim I.H., 2001
Doridicola simplex (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
Doridicola singularipes (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Doridicola spinulifer (Humes & Frost, 1964)
Doridicola sunnivae (Humes, 1982)
Doridicola turmalis (Humes, 1982)
Doridicola venustus (Humes, 1959)
Doridicola virgatus Kim I.H., 2007
Doridicola vulcanius Humes, 1990
KEY TO SPECIES OF DORIDICOLA
EMUNOA Humes, 1996
Emunoa protenta Humes, 1996
INDOMOLGUS Humes & Ho, 1966
Indomolgus brevisetosus Humes & Ho, 1966
Indomolgus diversus Humes & Ho, 1966
Indomolgus humesi Nair & Pillai, 1987
Indomolgus mutatus Humes & Ho, 1966
ISOMOLGUS Dojiri, 1988
Isomolgus desmotes Dojiri, 1988
KOMBIA Humes, 1962
Kombia angulata Humes, 1962
Kombia avitus Kim I.H., 2007
Kombia curvata Nair & Pillai, 1986
Kombia imminens Humes, 1979
Kombia incrassata Humes, 1984
LAMBANETES Humes, 1982
Lambanetes gemmulatus Humes, 1982
Lambanetes mollis Kim I.H. & Hong, 2014
Lambanetes stichodactylae Humes, 1982
LUTUMIDOMUS Kim I.H., 2006
Lutumidomus panikkari (Gnanamuthu, 1955)
Lutumidomus parvus Kim I.H., 2006
Lutumidomus tertius (Kim I.H., 2000)
MANDOBIUS Humes, 1991
Mandobius regalis Humes, 1991
MECRA Humes, 1980
Mecra ellipsaria Humes, 1980
MERINGOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Meringomolgus devotus Humes & Stock, 1973
Meringomolgus facetus Humes & Stock, 1973
Meringomolgus hamatus Humes & Stock, 1973
KEY TO SPECIES OF MERINGOMOLGUS
MOLUCCOMOLGUS Humes, 1992
Moluccomolgus lordus Humes, 1992
MONOMOLGUS Humes & Frost, 1964
Monomolgus baculigerus Humes, 1979
Monomolgus psammocorae Humes & Ho, 1967
Monomolgus torulus Humes, 1984
Monomolgus unihastatus Humes & Frost, 1964
NOTOXYNUS Humes, 1975
Notoxynus crinitus Humes, 1982
Notoxynus lokobensis Kim I.H., 2009
Notoxynus mundus Humes, 1975
Notoxynus tertius Kim, 2000
NUMBOA Humes, 1997
Numboa porosa Humes, 1997
PACHYSERICOLA Kim I.H., 2003
Pachysericola compressus Kim I.H., 2003
PARADORIDICOLA Humes & Stock, 1972
Paradoridicola adelphus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Paradoridicola angularis Humes, 1990
Paradoridicola contiguus Humes, 1990
Paradoridicola drepanophorus Humes, 1990
Paradoridicola glabripes (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Paradoridicola hystricosus Humes, 1990
Paradoridicola robustus (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
Paradoridicola simulator Humes, 1990
Paradoridicola sinulariae (sinalaranius?) Humes & Stock, 1973
Paradoridicola spinulatus Humes, 1982
Paradoridicola squamiger (Humes & Frost, 1964)
Paradoridicola triquetrus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Paradoridicola virgulifer Humes, 1990
KEY TO SPECIES OF PARADORIDICOLA
PARAMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Paramolgus abruptus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus accinctus Humes, 1980
Paramolgus alcyoniicus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus ampullaceus Humes, 1992
Paramolgus anomalus (Scott A., 1909)
Paramolgus antillianus Stock, 1975
Paramolgus centor Humes, 1990
Paramolgus clavatus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Paramolgus congruus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus constrictus (Humes, 1969)
Paramolgus dapsilis Humes, 1993
Paramolgus delicatulus Humes, 1992
Paramolgus ellisellae Humes, 1974
Paramolgus eniwetokensis Humes, 1973
Paramolgus extendens Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Paramolgus galeatus Kim I.H., 2003
Paramolgus incidentus Kim I.H., 2005
Paramolgus inconstans Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Paramolgus insectus (Humes, 1969)
Paramolgus litophyticus Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Paramolgus modicus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus nephthaenus Humes, 1980
Paramolgus nudipes Kim I.H., 2006
Paramolgus orientalis Choe & Kim I.H., 2010
Paramolgus ostentus Humes, 1973
Paramolgus pavonae Humes, 1994
Paramolgus politus (Humes & Ho, 1967)
Paramolgus pollicaris Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Paramolgus promiculus Humes, 1980
Paramolgus quadrangulus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus resectus Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Paramolgus simulans (Humes & Ho, 1967)
Paramolgus spathophorus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Paramolgus subincisus Humes, 1990
Paramolgus timendus Humes, 1990
KEY TO FEMALES OF THE GENUS PARAMOLGUS
PARANTHESSIUS Claus, 1889
Paranthessius anemoniae Claus, 1889
Paranthessius caribaeus
Paranthessius columniae Illg, 1949
Paranthessius dissidens Humes
Paranthessius mesodesmatis Humes, 1967 (?)
Paranthessius panopeae Illg, 1949
Paranthessius perplexus Illg, 1949 (?)
Paranthessius propinquus Nicholls (?) Illg, 1949
Paranthessius protothacae Humes, 1967 (?)
Paranthessius saxidomae (?)
Paranthessius tivelae
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS PARANTHESSIUS
KEY TO THE GENERA OF THE PARANTHESSIUS GROUP
PAREDROMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Paredromolgus decorus (Humes & Frost, 1964)
PENNATULICOLA Humes & Stock, 1972
Pennatulicola corallophilus Nair B. & Pillai N.K., 1986
Pennatulicola piscatorius Itoh & Kim I.H., 2015
Pennatulicola pteroidis (Della Valle, 1880)
Pennatulicola pterophilus (Stock, 1962)
Pennatulicola robustclavus Uyeno, 2015
Pennatulicola serratipes (Ummerkutty, 1962)
PEROSYNA Humes, 1982
Perosyna indonesica Humes, 1982
PIONOMOLGUS Dojiri & Grygier, 1990
Pionomolgus gallicolus Dojiri & Grygier, 1990
Pionomolgus moluccensis Kim I.H., 2007
PLESIOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Plesiomolgus conjunctus (Humes & Ho, 1967)
Plesiomolgus organicus (Humes & Ho, 1967)
RAVAHINA Humes & Ho, 1968
Ravahina tumida Humes & Ho, 1968
RHYNCHOMOLGUS Humes & Ho, 1967
Rhynchomolgus corallophilus Humes & Ho, 1967
SOLITARICOLA Stock, 1985
Solitaricola bipes Stock, 1985
SPANIOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Spaniomolgus acutus Conradi, Bandera, Mudrova & Ivanenko, 2018 [Red Sea]
Spaniomolgus compositus (Humes & Frost, 1964)
Spaniomolgus crassus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Spaniomolgus dentatus Conradi, Bandera, Mudrova & Ivanenko, 2018 [Red Sea]
Spaniomolgus geminus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Spaniomolgus globus Conradi, Bandera, Mudrova & Ivanenko, 2018 [Red Sea]
Spaniomolgus maculatus Conradi, Bandera, Mudrova & Ivanenko, 2018 [Red Sea]
Spaniomolgus stylophorus Conradi, Bandera, Mudrova & Ivanenko, 2018 [Red Sea]
TELESTACICOLA Humes & Stock, 1972
Telestacicola angoti Humes & Stock, 1973
Telestacicola claudus (Humes & Stock, 1973)
Telestacicola lobophyti Humes, 1990
Telestacicola sertus Humes, 1978
Telestacicola turgipes Kim I.H. & Chang, 2016
Telestacicola xenophiothricis Doignon, Deheyn & Fiers, 2004
TEMNOMOLGUS Humes & Ho, 1966
Temnomolgus eurynotus Humes & Ho, 1966
VERUTIPES Humes 1982
Verutipes laticeps Humes, 1982
Verutipes scutatus Kim I.H., 2006
VISAYASIA Humes, 1992
Visayasia lobura Humes, 1992
Visayasia subterna Humes, 1992
WEDANUS Humes, 1978
Wedanus formosanus Cheng, Ho & Dai, 2008
Wedanus inconstans Humes, 1978
XENOMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Xenomolgus varius Humes & Stock, 1973
ZAMOLGUS Humes & Stock, 1972
Zamolgus acanthodes Humes & Stock, 1973
Zamolgus cavernularius Kim I.H., 2000
Zamolgus cracens Humes & Dojiri, 1979
Zamolgus tridens Humes & Stock, 1973
KEY TO FEMALES OF THE GENUS ZAMOLGUS
MAKROSTROTIDAE Huys, Fatih, Ohtsuka & Llewellyn-Hughes, 2012
MAKROSTROTOS Ho & Lin, 2006
Makrostrotos acuminatus Ho & Lin, 2006
Makrostrotos hamus Ho & Lin, 2006
MESOGLICOLIDAE Zulueta, 1911
MESOGLICOLA Quidor, 1906
Mesoglicola delagei Quidor, 1906
MICRALLECTIDAE Huys, 2001
MICRALLECTO Stock, 1971 (syn. Nannallecto Stock, 1973 )
Micrallecto fusii (Stock, 1973)
Micrallecto uncinata Stock, 1971
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