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Pontellina plumata (Dana, 1849) 
AphiaID: 104743

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Pontellidae (Family) > Pontellina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pontellina Dana, 1852
Synonymised
taxa
  Pontella plumata Dana, 1849
Pontella turgida Dana, 1849
Pontellina turgida (Dana, 1849)
Pontellopsis aequalis Mori, 1933
Pontellopsis speciosus Brady, 1915
Pseudopontella plumata (Dana, 1849) (synonym)
Pseudopontia plumata Claus, 1892 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of Copepods across a Tropical Creek in Mombasa, Kenya. E. Afr. Agric. For. J. 57(4):199 - 215. [details]

additional source: Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Wells, J.B. J.; Ho, J. (2009). Copepoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Suárez-Morales, E., J. W. Fleeger, and P. A. Montagna. 2009. Free-Living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 841–869 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Statio [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Fleminger, A. & K. Hulsemann. 1974. Systematics and distribution of the four sibling species comprising the genus Pontellina Dana (Copepoda, Calanoida). Fishery Bulletin, United States National Marine Fisheries Service 72(1):63-120, figs. 1-39, tabs. 1-20. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Giesbrecht, W.. 1893. Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. (1892) [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Kenya [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Images 
Pontellina plumata
Pontellina plumata
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

P. aequalis
[image from synonym]
P. aequalis
added on 2009-05-27 - author: Walter, T. Chad
qualitystatus: checked by Walter, T. Chad on 2009-05-27 14:28:41

P. speciosus
[image from synonym]
P. speciosus
added on 2009-06-08 - author: Walter, T. Chad
qualitystatus: checked by Walter, T. Chad on 2009-06-08 23:51:48
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104743
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Pontellina plumata (Dana, 1849). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104743 on 2013-05-23
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