Pontella elephas Brady, 1883 
AphiaID: 354858

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Gymnoplea > Calanoida > Pontellidae > Pontella

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pontella Dana, 1846
Synonymised taxa		Pontella surrecta Wilson C.B., 1950 (only the male is synonymized with P. alphas)
Sources		basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] from synonym: Ohtsuka, S., A. Fleminger & T. Onbé. 1987. A new species of Pontella (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Inland sea of Japan with notes on its feeding habits and related species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 7(3):554-571. page(s): 560-565 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354858
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 14:41:49Z   created   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Pontella elephas Brady, 1883. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354858 on 2013-05-18