Pontella Explained

Pontella is a marine copepod genus in the family Pontellidae. It is an organism that bears three lenses in the eye. The outer has a parabolic surface, countering the effects of spherical aberration while allowing a sharp image to be formed.^[1]

Pontella includes the following species:^[2]

• Pontella agassizii Giesbrecht, 1895
• Pontella alata A. Scott, 1909
• Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912
• Pontella argentea Dana, 1849
• Pontella asymmetrica Heinrich, 1967
• Pontella atlantica (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
• Pontella bairdii Lubbock, 1853
• Pontella barbata Tanaka, 1936
• Pontella bifurcata Tanaka, 1936
• Pontella bonei Mulyadi, 2003
• Pontella brachiata Dana, 1849
• Pontella brachyura (Kroyer, 1849)
• Pontella brevicornis (Lubbock, 1857)
• Pontella cerami A. Scott, 1909
• Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
• Pontella contracta Dana, 1849
• Pontella cristata Kramer, 1896
• Pontella curta Dana, 1849
• Pontella curticornis Dana, 1852
• Pontella danae Giesbrecht, 1889
• Pontella darwinii (Lubbock, 1853)
• Pontella denticauda A. Scott, 1909
• Pontella detonsa Dana, 1849
• Pontella diagonalis C. B. Wilson, 1950
• Pontella edwardsii (Kroyer, 1849)
• Pontella elegans (Claus, 1892)
• Pontella elephas Brady, 1883
• Pontella emerita Dana, 1849
• Pontella eugeniae Leuckart, 1859
• Pontella fera Dana, 1849
• Pontella forcipata Tanaka, 1936
• Pontella forficula A. Scott, 1909
• Pontella gaboonensis T. Scott, 1894
• Pontella gracilis C. B. Wilson, 1950
• Pontella hanloni Greenwood, 1979
• Pontella helgolandica Claus, 1863
• Pontella indica Chiba, 1956
• Pontella inermis Brady, 1883
• Pontella investigatoris Sewell, 1912
• Pontella karachiensis Rehman, 1973
• Pontella kieferi Pesta, 1933
• Pontella kleini Mulyadi, 2003
• Pontella labuanensis Mulyadi, 1997
• Pontella latifurca Chen & Zhang, 1965
• Pontella lobiancoi (Canu, 1888)
• Pontella longipedata Sato, 1913
• Pontella marplatensis Ramirez, 1966
• Pontella meadii Wheeler, 1900
• Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
• Pontella mimocerami Fleminger, 1957
• Pontella natalis Brady, 1915
• Pontella novaezealandiae Farran, 1929
• Pontella patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853)
• Pontella pattersonii (Templeton, 1837)
• Pontella pennata C. B. Wilson, 1932
• Pontella perspicax Dana, 1849
• Pontella plumata Dana, 1849
• Pontella polydactyla Fleminger, 1957
• Pontella princeps Dana, 1849
• Pontella protensa Dana, 1849
• Pontella pulvinata C. B. Wilson, 1950
• Pontella raynaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
• Pontella regalis Dana, 1849
• Pontella resnautica Oliveira, 1946
• Pontella rostraticauda Ohtsuka, Fleminger & Onbé, 1987
• Pontella rubescens Dana, 1849
• Pontella savignyi (Milne-Edwards, 1828)
• Pontella securifer Brady, 1883
• Pontella setosa Lubbock, 1856
• Pontella sewelli Heinrich, 1987
• Pontella sinica Chen & Zhang, 1965
• Pontella speciosa Dana, 1849
• Pontella spinicauda Mori, 1937
• Pontella spinipedata Heinrich, 1989
• Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889
• Pontella strenua Dana, 1849
• Pontella suchumica Kritchagin, 1873
• Pontella surrecta C. B. Wilson, 1950
• Pontella tenuiremis Giesbrecht, 1889
• Pontella tridactyla Shen & Lee, 1963
• Pontella turgida Dana, 1849
• Pontella valida Dana, 1852
• Pontella vervoorti Mulyadi, 2003
• Pontella whiteleggei Kramer, 1896

Notes and References

1. I. R. Schwab . 2003 . An eye for the ladies . . 87 . 8 . 936 . 12908482 . 1771812 . 10.1136/bjo.87.8.936.
2. Web site: T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall . 2011 . Pontella Dana, 1846 . T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall . World Copepoda database . . February 10, 2011.