WoRMS taxon details
Pontellopsis tenuicauda (Giesbrecht, 1889)
220932 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220932)
accepted
Species
Monops tenuicauda Giesbrecht, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monops tenuicauda Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163883#/summary [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pontellopsis tenuicauda (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220932 on 2026-11-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monops tenuicauda Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163883#/summary [details]
basis of record Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.1992.11663147 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.1992.11663147 [details] Available for editors
[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]
[request]Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Chen, Q.C. & S.Z. Zhang. (1965). The planktonic copepods of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. I. Calanoida. Hai Yang K'o Hsueh Chi K'an, Studia Marina Sinica 7(1):20-131, pls. 1-53. (In Chinese; English summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Chen, Q.C. & S.Z. Zhang. (1965). The planktonic copepods of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. I. Calanoida. Hai Yang K'o Hsueh Chi K'an, Studia Marina Sinica 7(1):20-131, pls. 1-53. (In Chinese; English summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontellopsis tenuicauda)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontellopsis tenuicauda)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
