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Taxonomic study was made on the species of the order Harpacticoida recently collected from 9 sites in Indonesian waters. Six species from 5 genera and 5 families Clytemnestridae, Ectinosomatidae, Harpacticidae, Tachidiidae and Talestridae, including Clytemnestra scutellata Dana, 1847; Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848), Eudactylopus latipes (T. Scott, 1894); Macrosetella gracilis (Dana, 1848); Microsetella norvegica (Boeck, 1864) and Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1852) were recorded. C. scutellata and M. norvegica are recorded for the fi rst time from Indonesian waters. Descriptions, measurements, and fi gures are given for all species, along with a review of their distribution over the worlds oceans, with taxonomical remarks, and restricted synonymies.