Boeckella
TaxonBoeckella
AuthorityDe Guerne & Richard, 1889

Boeckella is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae.

Species

The genus Boeckella contains 49 species,[1] of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics B. bispinosa,[2] B. geniculata,[3] B. nyoraensis,[4] B. shieli,[5] and B. calcaris from Bolivia and Peru.[6]

Taxonomic history

The genus was originally described by G. M. Thomson as "Boeckia",[7] in honour of Jonas Axel Boeck (1833–1873).[8] That name proved, however, to be a junior homonym of Boeckia, a genus of Amphipoda, and so Jules de Guerne and Jules Richard provided it with the replacement name Boeckella in 1889.[7]

References

  1. ^ T. Chad Walter. "Boeckella De Guerne & Richard, 1889". World Copepoda database. T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
  2. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Boeckella bispinosa". Vol. 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2840A9487520.en
  3. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Boeckella geniculata". Vol. 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2842A9487587.en
  4. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Boeckella nyoraensis". Vol. 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2839A9487472.en
  5. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Boeckella shieli". Vol. 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2843A9487618.en
  6. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Boeckella calcaris". Vol. 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2841A9487551.en
  7. ^ V. H. Jolly (1956). "A review of the copepod genus Boeckella in New Zealand" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 84 (4): 855–865.
  8. ^ George M. Thomson (1882). "On the New Zealand Copepoda". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 15: 93–116.