WoRMS taxon details
Pontella karachiensis Rehman, 1973
354867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354867)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rehman, Fazal-Ur. (1973). A new calanoid copepod, Pontella karachiensis sp. nov. from West Pakistan. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 24(2):151-156, figs. 1-28, tab. 1. (21-vi-1973). [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella karachiensis Rehman, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354867 on 2025-11-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Rehman, Fazal-Ur. (1973). A new calanoid copepod, Pontella karachiensis sp. nov. from West Pakistan. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 24(2):151-156, figs. 1-28, tab. 1. (21-vi-1973). [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
El-Sherbiny, M.M. & H. Ueda. (2008). Redescription of the poorly known calanoid copepod Pontella karachiensis Fazal-Ur-Rehman, 1973 from the Red Sea with notes on its feeding habits. Plankton & Benthos Research 3(1):10-17. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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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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
