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

Sarsameira Wilson C.B., 1924

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parameira*	Sars G.O., 1907	synonym
*Pseudosarsameira*	Lang, 1944	synonym

Children

Sarsameira boecki (Lang, 1936)
Sarsameira elongata (Sars G.O., 1909)
Sarsameira exilis (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894)
Sarsameira giraulti Monard, 1935
Sarsameira longifurcata Becker, 1974
Sarsameira major (Sars G.O., 1907)
Sarsameira parva (Boeck, 1873)
Sarsameira peresi Bodin, 1970
Sarsameira propinqua (Scott T., 1902)
Sarsameira sarsi Lang, 1948

Literature

original description	Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3.
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	Reidenauer, J.A. & D. Thistle. (1983). Sarsameira (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): an update and a new species from the deep sea. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 102(2):105-112, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (5-v-1983)
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.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sarsameira Wilson C.B., 1924. 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:115209