Copepoda taxon details
Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909
135616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135616)
accepted
Genus
Hyalopontius typicus Sars G.O., 1909 (type by monotypy)
Megapontius Hulsemann, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym)
- 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 (synonym according to Boxshall, 1979)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1909). Note préliminaire sur trois formes remarquables de Copépodes, provenant des campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco. [Preliminary note on three remarkable forms of Copepods, from the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 147:1-8, figs. 1-3. (12-vii-1909). (Reprinted in: Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert I, 97: 36-40, pl. 1 figs. 5-6, pl. 3 fig. 5). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135616 on 2026-04-22
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original description
Sars, G.O. (1909). Note préliminaire sur trois formes remarquables de Copépodes, provenant des campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco. [Preliminary note on three remarkable forms of Copepods, from the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 147:1-8, figs. 1-3. (12-vii-1909). (Reprinted in: Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert I, 97: 36-40, pl. 1 figs. 5-6, pl. 3 fig. 5). [details]
original description (of Megapontius Hulsemann, 1965) Hulsemann, K. (1965). A new genus and species of siphonostome cyclopoid copepod from deep North Atlantic waters. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 9(1): 45-50, figs. 1-16. (15-vii-1965)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854065x00163 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1990). The skeletomusculature of siphonostomatoid copepods, with an analysis of adaptive radiation in structure of the oral cone. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 328(1246):167-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1990.0113 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.20454 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Megapontius Hulsemann, 1965) Hulsemann, K. (1965). A new genus and species of siphonostome cyclopoid copepod from deep North Atlantic waters. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 9(1): 45-50, figs. 1-16. (15-vii-1965)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854065x00163 [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]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1990). The skeletomusculature of siphonostomatoid copepods, with an analysis of adaptive radiation in structure of the oral cone. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 328(1246):167-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1990.0113 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.20454 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
