Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida

Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Cerviniidae*	Sars G.O., 1903	synonym
*Pontostratiotidae*	Scott A., 1909	synonym
*Pontostratiotinae*	Scott A., 1909	synonym

Children

Aegisthinae Giesbrecht, 1893
Ameliotes Por, 1969
Cerviniellinae Khodami, Mercado-Salas & Martínez Arbizu, 2020
Cerviniinae Sars G.O., 1903
Cerviniopseinae Brotskaya, 1963
Pontostratiotes Brady, 1883

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アエジスツス科

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Mittheilungen über Copepoden 1-6. [Communications on Copepods 1-6.]. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 11(1):56-106, pls.5-7. (25-ix-1893).
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50:268-280.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Khodami, S., N.F. Mercado-Salas & P. Martínez Arbizu. (2020). Genus level molecular phylogeny of Aegisthidae Gisbrecht, 1893 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) reveals morphological adaptations to deep-sea and plagic habitats. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1):1-17.
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115133