WoRMS taxon details
Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889
104741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104741)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104741 on 2026-08-21
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Nomenclature
original description
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 Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 
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context source (Bermuda)
Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic
. Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
additional source Francis, S.V., S. Nishida & S.B. Nandan (2018). Validation of male Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889 (Copepoda: Calanoida: Pontellidae) Based on morphological and mitochondrial COI gene sequence analysis. <em>Zoological Studies</em>. 57:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2018.57-16 [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 Mulyadi. (2002). New records of the pontellid species (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Indonesian waters, with notes on its species-groups. <em>Treubia.</em> 32(1): 1-38. [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 Purushothaman, A., I. Dovgal, S.V. Francis & K.B. Padmakumar. (2020). Observation of a suctorian ciliate Ephelota coronataon the calanoid copepod Pontella spinipes in the southeastern Arabian Sea. <em>Symbiosis.</em> 81:321–327. Aug 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-020-00704-w [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1912). XXIX. Notes on the surface-living Copepoda of the Bay of Bengal, I and II. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 7(4):313-382, figs. 1-5, pls. 14-24. (Nov 1912)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.28239 [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [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]
additional source Francis, S.V., S. Nishida & S.B. Nandan (2018). Validation of male Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889 (Copepoda: Calanoida: Pontellidae) Based on morphological and mitochondrial COI gene sequence analysis. <em>Zoological Studies</em>. 57:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2018.57-16 [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 Mulyadi. (2002). New records of the pontellid species (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Indonesian waters, with notes on its species-groups. <em>Treubia.</em> 32(1): 1-38. [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 Purushothaman, A., I. Dovgal, S.V. Francis & K.B. Padmakumar. (2020). Observation of a suctorian ciliate Ephelota coronataon the calanoid copepod Pontella spinipes in the southeastern Arabian Sea. <em>Symbiosis.</em> 81:321–327. Aug 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-020-00704-w [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1912). XXIX. Notes on the surface-living Copepoda of the Bay of Bengal, I and II. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 7(4):313-382, figs. 1-5, pls. 14-24. (Nov 1912)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.28239 [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [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 (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontella spinipes)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontella spinipes)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
