Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida

Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hyalopontius Sars G.O., 1909

Literature

original description	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). ]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 47(11):1628-1638, figs. 1-3, tab. (1-xi-1968, Russian with English summary).
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135527