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Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976

Anomalocera opalus
Anomalocera opalus

157665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157665)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pennell, W.M. (1976). Description of a new species of pontellid copepod, Anomalocera opalus, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and shelf waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 54(10):1664-1668, figs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z76-192 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157665 on 2026-07-12
NARMS (2026). Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157665 on 2026-07-12
Date
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2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-07-03 12:10:20Z
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Kouwenberg, Juliana

original description Pennell, W.M. (1976). Description of a new species of pontellid copepod, Anomalocera opalus, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and shelf waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 54(10):1664-1668, figs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z76-192 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pennell, W.M. (1973). Studies on a Member of the Pleuston, Anomalocara opalus s.s. (Crustacea, Copepoda), in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University, Montreal Canada.</em> 233 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

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  PDF available
 
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Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS)  Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list 
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