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

Myzopontius pungens Giesbrecht, 1895

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myzopontius*	Giesbrecht, 1895	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1895). The subfamilies, genera, and species of the copepod family Ascomyzontidae, Thorell: diagnosis, synonymy and distribution. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16:173-186. (viii-1895)
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	Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Myzopontius pungens Giesbrecht, 1895. 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:135688