Copepoda taxon details
Boeckella symmetrica Sars G.O., 1908
349263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349263)
accepted
Species
Boeckella insignis Smith G.W., 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Boeckella tenera Sars G.O., 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sars, G.O. (1908). Fresh-water Copepoda from Victoria, southern Australia. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana 29(7):3-24, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Boeckella symmetrica Sars G.O., 1908. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349263 on 2026-07-12
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Sars, G.O. (1908). Fresh-water Copepoda from Victoria, southern Australia. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana 29(7):3-24, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Boeckella insignis Smith G.W., 1909) Smith, G. W. (1909). The fresh-water Crustacea of Tasmania, with remarks on their geographical distribution. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2.</em> 11(4): 61-92, 1 map, pls. 12-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16393540 [details]
original description (of Boeckella tenera Sars G.O., 1912) Sars, G.O. (1912). Additional notes on fresh-water Calanoida from Victoria, southern Australia. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana 32(13):1-20, pls. 7-9. [details]
additional source Walsh, R.G.J. & P.A. Tyler. (2000). Reconnaissance limnology of Tasmania V. Anthropogenic factors in the distribution of freshwater calanoid copepods (Crustacea: Centropagidae) in Tasmanian lakes. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Stuttgart 148(4):625-638. (vii.2000), available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/148/2000/625 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Woodward, I.O. & R.W.G. White. (1981). Effects of temperature and food on the fecundity and egg development rates of Boeckella symmetrica Sars (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 32(6):997-1002, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9810997 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lund, M.A. (1992). Aspects of the ecology of a degraded Perth wetland (Lake Monger, Western Australia) and implications for Bio manipulation and other restoration techniques. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia.</em> vii + 196 pp., available online at https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51730/ [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Boeckella insignis Smith G.W., 1909) Smith, G. W. (1909). The fresh-water Crustacea of Tasmania, with remarks on their geographical distribution. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2.</em> 11(4): 61-92, 1 map, pls. 12-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16393540 [details]
original description (of Boeckella tenera Sars G.O., 1912) Sars, G.O. (1912). Additional notes on fresh-water Calanoida from Victoria, southern Australia. Archiv för Matematik og Naturvidenskab, Christiana 32(13):1-20, pls. 7-9. [details]
additional source Walsh, R.G.J. & P.A. Tyler. (2000). Reconnaissance limnology of Tasmania V. Anthropogenic factors in the distribution of freshwater calanoid copepods (Crustacea: Centropagidae) in Tasmanian lakes. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Stuttgart 148(4):625-638. (vii.2000), available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/148/2000/625 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Woodward, I.O. & R.W.G. White. (1981). Effects of temperature and food on the fecundity and egg development rates of Boeckella symmetrica Sars (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 32(6):997-1002, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9810997 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lund, M.A. (1992). Aspects of the ecology of a degraded Perth wetland (Lake Monger, Western Australia) and implications for Bio manipulation and other restoration techniques. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia.</em> vii + 196 pp., available online at https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51730/ [details] Available for editors
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