WoRMS taxon details
Pontellina Dana, 1852-1853
104210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104210)
accepted
Genus
Pontellina gigantea Claus, 1863 accepted as Pontella atlantica (Milne Edwards, 1840) (type by original designation)
Calanops Claus, 1863 · unaccepted
Pseudopontella Claus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudopontia Claus, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Pontellina morii Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
- Species Pontellina platychela Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
- Species Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849-1852
- Species Pontellina pontica Krichagin, 1873
- Species Pontellina sobrina Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
- Species Pontellina acuta (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina acutifrons Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina agilis Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Labidocera agilis (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina bairdii Lubbock, 1860 accepted as Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina brevicornis Lubbock, 1857 accepted as Parapontella brevicornis (Lubbock, 1857)
- Species Pontellina chierchiae Claus, 1893 accepted as Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
- Species Pontellina crispata Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Labidocera crispata (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina curta Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Pontellopsis curta (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina danae Claus, 1893 accepted as Pontella danae Giesbrecht, 1889
- Species Pontellina detruncata Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Labidocera detruncata (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina elegans Claus, 1892 accepted as Pontella elegans (Claus, 1892)
- Species Pontellina exigua Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Labidocera exigua (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina fera (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Pontella fera Dana, 1849-1852
- Species Pontellina gigantea Claus, 1863 accepted as Pontella atlantica (Milne Edwards, 1840)
- Species Pontellina lobiancoi Canu, 1888 accepted as Pontella lobiancoi (Canu, 1888)
- Species Pontellina magna (Lubbock, 1853) accepted as Pontella atlantica (Milne Edwards, 1840)
- Species Pontellina mediterranea Claus, 1863 accepted as Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
- Species Pontellina navalium Oliveira, 1946 accepted as Labidocera fluviatilis Dahl F., 1894
- Species Pontellina patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853) accepted as Pontella patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853)
- Species Pontellina perspicax (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Pontellopsis perspicax (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina princeps (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Pontella princeps Dana, 1849-1852
- Species Pontellina protensa (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Pontellopsis protensa (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina pulchra Dana, 1852-1853 accepted as Pontellopsis perspicax (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina regalis Dana, 1852-1853 accepted as Pontellopsis regalis (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina rubescens (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Pontellopsis rubescens (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina securifer Claus, 1893 accepted as Pontella securifer Brady, 1883
- Species Pontellina simplex Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Labidocera simplex (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina strenua Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Pontellopsis strenua (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Pontellina tenuiremis Claus, 1893 accepted as Pontella tenuiremis Giesbrecht, 1889
- Species Pontellina turgida Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849-1852
- Species Pontellina contracta Dana, 1853-1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pontellina curticornis Dana, 1852-1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pontellina emerita (Dana, 1849-1852) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pontellina media Dana, 1853-1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontellina Dana, 1852-1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104210 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]
original description (of Pseudopontella Claus, 1893) Claus, C. (1893). Über die Entwicklung und das system der pontelliden zugleich ein Beitrag zur nomenclaturfrage. [At the same time a contribution to the question of nomenclature about the development and system of the pontellids. ]. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien.</em> 10(3):233-282, pls. 26-30.
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Pseudopontia Claus, 1892) Claus, C. (1892). Die Antennen der Pontelliden und das Gestaltungsgesetz der männlichen Greifantenne. [The antennae of the Pontellids and the design law of the male grasping antenna.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 1, 101: 848-866.
page(s): 864 [details]
original description (of Calanops Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 211 [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Pseudopontella Claus, 1893) Claus, C. (1893). Über die Entwicklung und das system der pontelliden zugleich ein Beitrag zur nomenclaturfrage. [At the same time a contribution to the question of nomenclature about the development and system of the pontellids. ]. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien.</em> 10(3):233-282, pls. 26-30.
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Pseudopontia Claus, 1892) Claus, C. (1892). Die Antennen der Pontelliden und das Gestaltungsgesetz der männlichen Greifantenne. [The antennae of the Pontellids and the design law of the male grasping antenna.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 1, 101: 848-866.
page(s): 864 [details]
original description (of Calanops Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 211 [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details]
Other
additional source
Hulsemann, K. & A. Fleminger. (1975). Some aspects of copepodid development in the genus Pontellina Dana (Copepoda: Calanoida). Bulletin of Marine Science 25(2):174-185, figs. 1-30. (iv-1975) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Goswami, U. & S.C. Goswami. (1985). Karyology of genera Calanopia & Pontellina with a note on cytotaxonomical & evolutionary relationship in family Pontellidae. Mahasagar, Goa 18(3):433-438, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (ix-1985) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Goswami, U. & S.C. Goswami. (1985). Karyology of genera Calanopia & Pontellina with a note on cytotaxonomical & evolutionary relationship in family Pontellidae. Mahasagar, Goa 18(3):433-438, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (ix-1985) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pontellina 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudopontella (from synonym Pseudopontella Claus, 1893)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudopontia (from synonym Pseudopontia Claus, 1892)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontellina)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudopontia) (from synonym Pseudopontia Claus, 1892)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Pseudopontia Claus, 1892)
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudopontella
(from synonym Pseudopontella Claus, 1893)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudopontia
(from synonym Pseudopontia Claus, 1892)To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontellina)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudopontia) (from synonym Pseudopontia Claus, 1892)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Pseudopontia Claus, 1892)
To ITIS
