Copepoda taxon details
Hyalopontius pleurospinosus (Heptner, 1968)
346565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346565)
accepted
Species
Megapontius pleurospinosus Heptner, 1968 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Megapontius pleurospinosus Heptner, 1968) 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. Hyalopontius pleurospinosus (Heptner, 1968). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346565 on 2026-06-08
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(of Megapontius pleurospinosus Heptner, 1968) 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]
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 [request]
[request]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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Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list