''Boeckella'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Centropagidae Centropagidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida. Its members are particularly known as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Australia and southern South America. They are also found on subantarctic islands and in lakes i ...

Species

The genus ''Boeckella'' contains 49 species, of which five are listed as

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on the

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– the

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''B. bispinosa'', ''B. geniculata'', ''B. nyoraensis,'' ''B. shieli'', and ''B. calcaris'' from Bolivia and Peru. *'' Boeckella ambigua'' Percival, 1937 *'' Boeckella antiqua'' Menu-Marque & Balseiro, 2000 *'' Boeckella asymmetrica'' Searle, 1914 *'' Boeckella bergi'' Richard, 1897 *'' Boeckella bispinosa'' Bayly, 1967 *'' Boeckella brevicaudata'' (Brady, 1875) *'' Boeckella calcaris'' (Harding, 1955) *'' Boeckella coronaria'' Henry, 1922 *'' Boeckella delicata'' Percival, 1937 *'' Boeckella denticornis'' Brehm, 1950 *''

Boeckella diamantina ''Boeckella'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. Species The genus ''Boeckella'' contains 49 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ''B. bispinosa'', ''B. genicu ...

'' Menu-Marque & Zúñiga, 1994 *'' Boeckella dilatata'' G. O. Sars, 1904 *'' Boeckella erubescens'' (Brehm, 1935) *'' Boeckella fluvialis'' Henry, 1922 *'' Boeckella geniculata'' Bayly, 1964 *'' Boeckella gibbosa'' (Brehm, 1935) *'' Boeckella gracilipes'' Daday, 1901 *'' Boeckella gracilis'' (Daday, 1902) *'' Boeckella hamata'' Brehm, 1928 *'' Boeckella klutei'' (Brehm, 1926) *'' Boeckella lacuna'' Fairbridge, 1945 *''

Boeckella longicauda ''Boeckella'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. Species The genus ''Boeckella'' contains 49 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ''B. bispinosa'', ''B. genicu ...

'' Daday, 1901 *''

Boeckella longisetosa ''Boeckella'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. Species The genus ''Boeckella'' contains 49 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ''B. bispinosa'', ''B. genicu ...

'' G. W. Smith, 1909 *''

Boeckella major ''Boeckella'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. Species The genus ''Boeckella'' contains 49 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ''B. bispinosa'', ''B. genicu ...

'' Searle, 1938 *''

Boeckella meteoris ''Boeckella'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae. Species The genus ''Boeckella'' contains 49 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List – the Australian endemics ''B. bispinosa'', ''B. genicu ...

'' Kiefer, 1928 *'' Boeckella michaelseni'' (Mrázek, 1901) *'' Boeckella minuta'' G. O. Sars, 1896 *'' Boeckella montana'' Bayly, 1964 *'' Boeckella nyoraensis'' Searle, 1912 *'' Boeckella occidentalis'' Marsh, 1906 *'' Boeckella opaqua'' Fairbridge, 1945 *'' Boeckella palustris'' (Harding, 1955) *'' Boeckella pilkililli'' Quinlan & Bayly, 2017 *'' Boeckella poopoensis'' Marsh, 1906 *'' Boeckella poppei'' (Mrázek, 1901) *'' Boeckella propinqua'' G. O. Sars, 1904 *'' Boeckella pseudochelae'' Searle, 1912 *'' Boeckella robusta'' G. O. Sars, 1896 *'' Boeckella rubra'' G. W. Smith, 1909 *'' Boeckella saycei'' G. O. Sars, 1908 *'' Boeckella shieli'' Bayly, 1985 *'' Boeckella silvestri'' (Daday, 1901) *'' Boeckella symmetrica'' G. O. Sars, 1908 *'' Boeckella tanea'' Chapman, 1973 *'' Boeckella thomseni'' Brehm, 1937 *'' Boeckella timmsi'' Bayly, 1998 *'' Boeckella titicacae'' Harding, 1955 *'' Boeckella triarticulata'' (G. M. Thomson, 1883) *'' Boeckella vallentini'' (T. Scott, 1914)

Taxonomic history

The genus was originally described by

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as "''Boeckia''", in honour of

Jonas Axel Boeck Jonas Axel Boeck (16 May 1833 – 6 May 1873) was a Norwegian marine biologist. Personal life Axel Boeck was born in 1833 in Aker (now part of Oslo) to Christian Peter Bianco Boeck (1798–1877) and Elisabeth Collett (1806–1883). He was the b ...

(1833–1873). That name proved, however, to be a

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of '' Boeckia'', a genus of

Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far desc ...

, and so Jules de Guerne and Jules Richard provided it with the

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''Boeckella'' in 1889.

References

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