WoRMS taxon details
Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968
135527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135527)
accepted
Family
- Genus Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909
- Genus Megapontius Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909 (synonym)
marine
Heptner, M.V. (1968). Opisanie i funktsional'naya morfologiya Megapontius pleurospinosus sp. n. iz Tikhogo okeana i polozhenie roda Megapontius v sisteme semeistv gruppy Siphonostoma (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [Description and functional morphology of Megapontius pleurospinosus sp. n. from the Pacific with some remarks on the status of genus Megapontius within the system of families of Siphonostoma group (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). ]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 47(11):1628-1638, figs. 1-3, tab. (1-xi-1968, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135527 on 2025-10-30
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Heptner, M.V. (1968). Opisanie i funktsional'naya morfologiya Megapontius pleurospinosus sp. n. iz Tikhogo okeana i polozhenie roda Megapontius v sisteme semeistv gruppy Siphonostoma (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [Description and functional morphology of Megapontius pleurospinosus sp. n. from the Pacific with some remarks on the status of genus Megapontius within the system of families of Siphonostoma group (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). ]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 47(11):1628-1638, figs. 1-3, tab. (1-xi-1968, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
