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Boreopontia Willems, 1981 
AphiaID: 115275

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Cylindropsyllidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Boreopontia heipi Willems, 1981
Parent Cylindropsyllidae Sars G.O., 1909
Sources  original description: Willems, K.A. (1981). Boreopontia heipi n.g., n.sp., an interstitial harpacticoid (Copepoda) from the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 49: 200-209 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 268-280 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine harpacticoid copepods. 1997 edition. 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. 304 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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taxa
[show all]		 Species Boreopontia heipi Willems, 1981
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Boreopontia
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115275
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Huys, Rony
2005-04-01 10:30:46Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-12-03 15:08:57Z  changed  Dewitte, Elien
2010-07-02 18:56:27Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Huys, R. (2013). Boreopontia Willems, 1981. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115275 on 2013-06-18
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