CLETODIDAE Scott, 1904


LIMNOCLETODES Borutzky, 1926

The genus Limnocletodes was created by Borutzky (1926) to accomodate the species Limnocletodes behningi from plankton of the lower Volga. The familial position of the genus has been recently discussed by Gee (1998) who concluded that "the genus probably occupies a primitive position in the family Cletodidae T. Scott, 1904 " (Gee, 1998).


  • Limnocletodes angustodes Shen & Tai, 1963 [China; lakes]
  • Limnocletodes behningi Borutzky, 1926 [Europe, Asia; lakes]
  • Limnocletodes mucronatus Gee, 1998 [southeast Asia; mangrove forest]
  • Limnocletodes oblongatus Shen & Tai, 1964 [China; lakes]
  • Limnocletodes secundus Sewell, 1934 [India; lakes]
  • Limnocletodes wellsi Gee, 1998 [India; brackish waters]


    Review and key to the genus in: Gee J. M. (1999) - A revision of the genus Limnocletodes Borutzky, 1926 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Cletodidae) with a description of a new species from southeast asian mangrove forests. The Raffles Bull. Zool., 46 (2): 399-418


    STYLICLETODES Lang, 1936

  • Stylicletodes longicaudatus (Brady & Robertson, 1880) [north Europe,Mexico; sea waters, lagoon]
  • Stylicletodes minutus Bodin, 1968 [France; sea waters]
  • Stylicletodes oligochaeta Bodin, 1968 [France; sea waters]
  • Stylicletodes reductus Wells, 1965 [scotland; meiobenthos]
  • Stylicletodes stylicaudatus (Willey, 1929) [Atlantic ocean] *
  • Stylicletodes trifidus Cho et al. , 2022 [Korea; marine]
  • Stylicletodes verisimilis Lang, 1965 [USA; sea waters]
  • Stylicletodes wellsi Ma et al., 2021 [China]

    * comb. nov. (Fiers, 1996) for Cletodes stylicaudatus Willey, 1929


    ENHYDROSOMELLA Monard, 1935

  • Enhydrosomella franklini (Thistle, 1980) [Asia; sea waters] *
  • Enhydrosomella kuehnemanni Pallares, 1968 [Argentina,; brackish wters]
  • Enhydrosomella monardi Por, 1967 [Red sea]
  • Enhydrosomella setiensis Raibaut, 1965 [Thau basin; sea waters]
  • Enhydrosomella woodini (Thistle, 1980) [Asia; sea waters] *
  • Enhydrosomella staufferi Lang, 1948

    * comb. nov. (Fiers, 1987) for Enhydrosoma


    AUSTRALONANNOPUS Hamond, 1974 (genus incertae sedis)

  • Australonannopus aestuarinus Hamond, 1974 [Australia; brackish waters]


    BARBARACLETODES Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979 (genus incertae sedis)

  • Barbaracletodes barbara Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979 [?]
  • Barbaracletodes carola Becker, Noodt & Schriever, 1979 [?]


    SPHINGOTHRIX Fiers, 1997

  • Sphingothrix goldi Fiers, 1997 [Mexico; marine coastal waters]
  • Sphingothrix kalki (Gee & Burgess, 1997) [central America; marine coastal waters]


    SCINTIS Por, 1986 (genus incertae sedis)

  • Scintis variifurca Por, 1986 [Indian ocean]


    MONOCLETODES Lang, 1936

  • Monocletodes varians (T. Scott, 1903) [Norway, ?]


    INTERCLETODES Fiers, 1987

  • Intercletodes interita Fiers, 1987 [New Guinea; coastal waters]


    TRIATHRIX Gee & Burgess, 1997

  • Triathrix kalki Gee & Burgess, 1997 [USA; silty sand sediments] [syn, Sphingothrix kalki (Gee & Burgess, 1997)]
  • Triathrix mayae Fiers, 1997 [Mexico; marine coastal waters]
  • Triathrix montagni Gee & Burgess, 1997 [USA, marine interstitial]
  • Triathrix nicobarica (Sewell, 190) [?]



    OTHER GENERA INCERTAE SEDIS


    NANNOPODELLA Monard, 1935

  • Nannopodella denisi Monard, 1928

    PYROCLETODES Coull,1973

  • Pyrocletodes desuramus Coull 1973 [USA]

    ACTINOCLETODES Fiers, 1986

  • Actinocletodes woutersi Fiers, 1986 [New Guinea]




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