WoRMS taxon details

Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976

157665  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157665)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pennell, W.M. (1976). Description of a new species of pontellid copepod, Anomalocera opalus, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and shelf waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 54(10):1664-1668, figs. 1-6. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Hatteras  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Hatteras [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157665 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
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2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
created
2008-07-03 12:10:20Z
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original description Pennell, W.M. (1976). Description of a new species of pontellid copepod, Anomalocera opalus, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and shelf waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 54(10):1664-1668, figs. 1-6. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

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  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Hatteras [details]

Habitat epipelagic [details]