Boxshall & Jaume (1999) identified two lineages within the order Misophrioida: one consisting of the family Misophriidae Brady, 1878, including seven genera, and the monotipic family Palpophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 1999; the other family, Speleophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 1999, including eight genera.


ARCHIMISOPHRIA Boxshall, 1983

  • Archimisophria discoveryi Boxshall, 1983 [North Atlantic Ocean]
  • Archimisophria squamosa alvarez, 1985 [Brazil; sea bottom-plankton]

    ARCTICOMISOPHRIA Martinez-Arbizu & Seifried, 1996

  • Arcticomisophria bathylaptevensis Martinez-Arbizu & Seifried, 1996 [Laptev sea, Arctic ocean]
  • Arcticomisophria hispida Jaume & Boxshall, 1997 [north Atlantic; hyperbenthos]

    BENTHOMISOPHRIA G.O. Sars, 1909

  • Benthomisophria cornuta Hulsemann & Grice, 1964 [north Atlantic; hyperbenthos]
  • Benthomisophria palliata Sars, 1909 [north Europe?; sea waters]

    BOXSHALLIA Huys, 1988

  • Boxshallia bulboantennulata Huys, 1988 [Canary islands; anchialine waters]

    DIMISOPHRIA Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987

  • Dimisophria cavernicola Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987 [Lanzarote; anchialine waters]

    EXPANSOPHRIA Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987

  • Expansophria galapagensis Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990 [Galapagos; anchialine waters]
  • Expansophria dimorpha Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990 [Lanzarote; anchialine waters]
  • Expansophria sarda Boxshall & Iliffe, 1996 [Italy, Sardinia; anchialine cave waters]
  • Expansophria apoda Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990 [Palau; anchialine waters]

    FOSSHAGENIELLA Jaume & Boxshall, 1997

  • Fosshageniella glabra Jaume & Boxshall, 1997 [north Atlantic; hyperbenthos]

    HUYSIA Jaume, Boxshall & Iliffe, 1998

  • Huysia bahamensis Jaume, Boxshall & Iliffe, 1998 [Bahamas; anchialine waters]

    MISOPHRIA Boeck, 1865

  • Misophria japonica Tanaka, 1966 [Izu; sea waters]
  • Misophria kororiensis Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987 [Atlantic; anchialine waters]
  • Misophria maculata Tanaka, 1966 [Izu; sea waters]
  • Misophria pallida Boeck, 1865 [north Europe; sea waters]
  • Misophria sinensis Boxshall, 1990 [Japan; sea waters]

    MISOPHRIELLA Boxshall, 1983

  • Misophriella tetraspina Boxshall, 1983 [north Atlantic; near- bottom plankton]

    MISOPHRIOPSIS Boxshall, 1983

  • Misophriopsis dichotoma Boxshall, 1983 [north Atlantic; near- bottom plankton]
  • Misophriopsis okinawensis Huys, Ohtsuka, Boxshall & Ito, 1992 [Japan; hyperbenthic]
  • Misophriopsis sinensis (Boxshall, 1990) [Japan; sea waters]

    PALPOPHRIA Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987

  • Palpophria aestheta Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987 [Lanzarote; anchialine waters]

    PROTOSPELEOPHRIA Jaume, Boxshall & Iliffe, 1998

  • Protospeleophria lucayae Jaume, Boxshall & Iliffe, 1998 [Bahamas; anchialine waters]

    SPELEOPHRIA Boxshall & Iliffe, 1986; Jaume & Boxshall, 1996

  • Speleophria bivexilla Boxshall & Iliffe, 1986 [Bermuda; cave waters]
  • Speleophria gymnesica Jaume & Boxshall, 1996 [Balearic Islands; cave waters]
  • Speleophria campaneri Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990 [Angaur Island, Palau; anchialine waters]
  • Speleophria scottodicarloi Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990 [Chalk cave, Bermuda; anchialine waters]

    SPELEOPHRIOPSIS Jaume & Boxshall, 1996

  • Speleophriopsis balearicus Jaume & Boxshall, 1996 [Balearic Islands; anchialine cave waters]
  • Speleophriopsis campaneri (Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990) [
  • Speleophriopsis canariensis Jaume & Boxshall, 1996 [Canary Islands; anchialine cave waters]
  • Speleophriopsis scottodicarloi (Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990) [oceanic islands; sea watres]


    STYGOMISOPHRIA Oktsuka, Huys, Boxshall & Ito, 1992

  • Stygomisophria kororiensis (Boxshall & Iliffe, 1987) [Koror Island, Palau; anchialine waters]



    LINKS

  • Anchialine Fauna of the Bahamas by T. M. Iliffe


    RELEVANT LITERATURE

    Boxshall G.A. & Jaume Damia. 1999. On the origin of misophrioid copepods from anchialine caves. Crustaceana (Leiden). 72 (8); 957-965.

    Boxshall G.A. & Jaume Damia. 1999 (in press). Discoveries of cave misophrioids (Crustacea: Copepoda) shed new light on the origin of anchialine faunas. Zool. Anz., 238.



    Many thanks to Dr. T. M. Iliffe for assistance and useful suggestions