WoRMS taxon details
Pontella fera Dana, 1849-1852
360157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360157)
accepted
Species
Pontellina fera (Dana, 1849-1852) · unaccepted
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
page(s): 1169 [details]
page(s): 1169 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella fera Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360157 on 2025-12-06
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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
page(s): 1169 [details]
page(s): 1169 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jeong, H.G., H.L. Suh, Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh. (2008). Redescription of Pontella species (Calanoida, Pontellidae) from korean waters, with notes on their spatio-temporal distribution. <em>Ocean Science Journal.</em> 43(4):209-222. [details] Available for editors 
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[request]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 [request]
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context source (HKRMS)
Zhang, G.T. & C.K. Wong. (2011). Changes in the planktonic copepod community in a landlocked bay in the subtropical coastal waters of Hong Kong during recovery from eutrophication. <em>In: Hwang, J.S. & K. Martens (eds.) Hydrobiologia. 10th International Conference on Copepoda in Pattaya, Thailand, 13 - 19 July 2008. 338 pp.</em> 666(1):277-288., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0422-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mulyadi. (2000). New records and taxonomy of the genus Pontella (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida), with notes on its distribution in Indonesian waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore 48(2):181-200. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, P.P. (1975). On the species of Pontella Dana and Pontellopsis Brady of the International Indian Ocean Expedition Collections (1960-1965). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 17(2):129-146. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1950). Copepods gathered by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(14)(4):i-ix, 141-461, pls. 2-36. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
[request]additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mulyadi. (2000). New records and taxonomy of the genus Pontella (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida), with notes on its distribution in Indonesian waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore 48(2):181-200. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, P.P. (1975). On the species of Pontella Dana and Pontellopsis Brady of the International Indian Ocean Expedition Collections (1960-1965). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 17(2):129-146. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1950). Copepods gathered by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(14)(4):i-ix, 141-461, pls. 2-36. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontella fera)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontella fera)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
