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

Alteutha Baird, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carillus*	Goodsir, 1845	synonym
*Sterope*	Goodsir, 1845	synonym

Children

Alteutha aberrans Czerniavski, 1868
Alteutha depressa (Baird, 1837)
Alteutha dubia Scott T., 1912
Alteutha interrupta (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha oblonga (Goodsir, 1845)
Alteutha roeae Hicks, 1982
Alteutha sarsi Monard, 1924
Alteutha typica Czerniavski, 1868

Literature

original description	Baird, W. (1845). Arrangement of the British Entomostraca, with a list of species, particularly noticing those which have as yet been discovered within the bounds of the Club. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. 2:145-158.
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	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	Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). Zootaxa. 2183:1-99.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alteutha Baird, 1846. 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:115427