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Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968 
AphiaID: 135527

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Siphonostomatoida
Sources  basis of record: Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. 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. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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[hide all]		 Genus Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909
  » Species Hyalopontius alatus Boxshall, 1979
» Species Hyalopontius boxshalli Humes, 1988
» Species Hyalopontius cinctus Boxshall, 1979
» Species Hyalopontius enormis Boxshall, 1979
» Species Hyalopontius hulsemannae Boxshall, 1979
» Species Hyalopontius pleurospinosus Heptner, 1968
» Species Hyalopontius roei Boxshall, 1979
» Species Hyalopontius spinatus Boxshall, 1979
» Species Hyalopontius typicus Sars G.O., 1909
» Species Hyalopontius gigas (Hulsemann, 1965) accepted as Hyalopontius typicus Sars G.O., 1909

Genus Megapontius Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909
  » Species Megapontius gigas Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Hyalopontius typicus Sars G.O., 1909
» Species Megapontius pleurospinosus (Heptner, 1968) accepted as Hyalopontius pleurospinosus Heptner, 1968
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135527
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2005-05-04 07:42:17Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-31 00:31:30Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Megapontiidae. 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=135527 on 2013-06-18
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