WoRMS taxon details
Pontella investigatoris Sewell, 1912
354866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354866)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sewell, R.B.S. (1912). XXIX. Notes on the surface-living Copepoda of the Bay of Bengal, I and II. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 7(4):313-382, figs. 1-5, pls. 14-24. (Nov 1912). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella investigatoris Sewell, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354866 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sewell, R.B.S. (1912). XXIX. Notes on the surface-living Copepoda of the Bay of Bengal, I and II. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 7(4):313-382, figs. 1-5, pls. 14-24. (Nov 1912). [details] 
Taxonomy
redescription
Rehman, Fazal-Ur. (1974). Nouvelle description of the female and redescription of the male Pontella investigatoris (Sewell, 1912) from inshore waters of Karachi. <em>Pakistan Journal of Zoology.</em> 6(1-2):105-110, fig. 1. [details] Available for editors
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Ecology
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
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Other
additional source
Mousavi Nadushan, R. & M. Ghiasabadi. (2022). First record, taxonomy and temporal/spatial dispersion pattern of species in genus Pontella (Crustacea:Copepoda:Calanoida) from coastal/estuarine waters of Bushehr. <em>Journal of Oceanography (JOC), Iran.</em> 13 (51): 70- 76, Fall 2022 (Farsi). [details] Available for editors
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Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list