MIRACIIDAE Dana, 1846 (Willen, 2002) (syn. DIOSACCIDAE Sars, 1906)

"Miraciidae Dana, 1846, is a large family of benthic copepods, Harpacticoida [1]. It includes three subfamilies, 64 valid genera, and 506 species (WoRMS Editorial Board 2020), most of which were transferred from the former Diosaccidae family by Willen in 2002 [2]. In South Korea, 20 genera and 36 miraciid species identified at the species level have been reported to date" (Yeom & Lee, 2023)

DIOSACCINAE Sars,1906

With 37 genera and 367 species, the Diosaccinae Sars, 1906 is by far the most species-rich subfamily of the Mira ciidae Dana, 1846, followed by Stenheliinae Brady, 1880 with 11 genera and 86 species (WoRMS Editorial Board 2020).

ROBERTGURNEYA Apostolov & Marinov, 1988

The genus Robertgurneya was first diagnosed by Karl Georg Herman Lang in 1944, with the name commemorating Robert Gurney. Since Lang did not designate a type species, as required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature for generic names published since 1930, that name is not "available". The first authors to explicitly designate a type species were Apostolov & Marinov in 1988, and they are therefore considered the authors of the genus.

  • Robertgurneya arabica (Noodt, 1964) [Red Sea; marine]
  • Robertgurneya brevipes Wells & Rao, 1987 [Andaman, Nicobar islands; marine]
  • Robertgurneya dactylifera (Wilson, 19329 [north America; brackish waters]
  • Robertgurneya dictydiophora (Monard, 1924) [France; marine]
  • Robertgurneya diversa Lang, 1965 [USA; marine]
  • Robertgurneya doughaensis Bang, 2021 [Korea]
  • Robertgurneya ecaudata (Monard, 1936) [Africa, algerie; Amphioxus sands]
  • Robertgurneya erythaeus Scott A., 1902
  • Robertgurrneya falklandiensis (Lang, 1936) [Falkland; marine]
  • Robertgurneya hopkinsi Lang, 1965 [USA; marine]
  • Robertgurneya ilievecensis (Monard, 1935) [France; marine sand]
  • Robertgurneya intermedia Bozic, 1955 [France; marine] *
  • Robertgurneya jejuensis Yeom & Lee, 2022 [Korea]
  • Robertgurneya mexicana Gomez, 2020 [Mexico]
  • Robertgurneya oligochaeta Noodt, 1955 [Marmara Sea, Black sea]
  • Robertgurneya remanei Klie, 1950 [Helgoland; marine]
  • Robertgurneya rostrata (Gurney, 1927) [Bermuda, France, Egypt; marine sand]
  • Robertgurneya similis similis (A. Scott, 1896) [Ireland, Mediterranean, Blak sea; marine]
  • Robertgurneya similis bulbamphiascoides Noodt, 1955 [Turkey, Marmara Sea]
  • Robertgurneya simulans (Norman & T. Scott, 1905) [Ireland, Mediterranean, Blak sea; marine, sublittoral]
  • Robertgurneya smithi Hamond, 1973 [Australia; marine]
  • Robertgurneya soyeri Apostolov, 1974 [Blak Sea] (syn. Typhlamphiascus soyeri (Apostolov, 1974) )
  • Robertgurneya spinulosa (Sars, 1911) [north Europe; marine]

    * questionable species [aberrant Amphiascus after Lang (1965)]

    WORLD KEY TO SPECIES IN : Hamond R. 1973. Robertgurneya smithi nov. p. (Crutacea, Harpacticoida) with notes on other species of the genus. J. nat. Hist., 7: 65-76.


    ROBERTGUMEYELLA Gomez, 2020

  • Robertgurneyella spinulosa (Sars G.O., 1911) Gomez, 2020



    STENHELIINAE Brady, 1880


    PSEUDOSTENHELIA Wells, 1967

    The genus Pseudostenhelia, described by Wells (1967) to accomodate the species Pseudostenhelia prima from the littoral of the Inhaca Island (Mozambique), is one of the less diversified genus within the family Diosaccidae, including only the following four species:

  • Pseudostenhelia bathyalis Gómez, 2021
  • Pseudostenhelia prima Wells, 1967 [Africa, Mozambique; marine coastal]
  • Pseudostenhelia secunda Wells, 1971 [India; rivers, lakes]
  • Pseudostenhelia wellsi Coull & Fleeger, 1977 [USA, Mexico; associated with Spartina alterniflora]

    REVIEW IN: Gomez S. 2000. Redescription of Pseudostenhelia wellsi Coull & Fleeger, 1977 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from a tropical coastal lagoon in the southeastern gulf of California (Mexico). Crustaceana, 73 (1): 68-82 .



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