WoRMS taxon details
Hyalopontius boxshalli Humes, 1988
346564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346564)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Humes, A.G. (1988). Hyalopontius boxshalli, new species (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida), from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent at the Galapagos rift. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(4):825-831, figs. 1-5. (7.xii.1988) [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Hyalopontius boxshalli Humes, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346564 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Humes, A.G. (1988). Hyalopontius boxshalli, new species (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida), from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent at the Galapagos rift. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(4):825-831, figs. 1-5. (7.xii.1988) [details] Available for editors
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Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
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Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Heptner, M.V. & V.N. Ivanenko. (2002). Copepoda (Crustacea) of hydrothermal ecosystems of the World Ocean. Arthropoda Selecta 11(2):117-134. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Humes, A.G. (1997). Hyalopontius boxshalli Humes, 1988. In: Desbruyères, D. & M. Segonzac (eds.). Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Éditions IFREMER, Brest. 279pp. :175. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Heptner, M.V. & V.N. Ivanenko. (2002). Copepoda (Crustacea) of hydrothermal ecosystems of the World Ocean. Arthropoda Selecta 11(2):117-134. [details] Available for editors

additional source Humes, A.G. (1997). Hyalopontius boxshalli Humes, 1988. In: Desbruyères, D. & M. Segonzac (eds.). Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Éditions IFREMER, Brest. 279pp. :175. [details] Available for editors






Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 234119)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 234119)