WoRMS taxon details
Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912
354848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354848)
accepted
Species
Pontellopsis andersoni (Sewell, 1912) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354848 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Francis, S.V., J. Purushothaman, .A Siddique, A. Bhowal & S.B. Nandan. (2021). Redescription of poorly known neustonic calanoid copepod Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912 (Family: Pontellidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean. <em>Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences.</em> 50 (08):635-640. August 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v50i08.33865 [details] Available for editors 
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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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Bhowal, A., A. Siddique, J. Purushothaman, S.V. Francis & C. Raghunathan. (2022). First report of an epibiontic diatom Protoraphis hustedtiana R. Simonsen, 1970 (Protoraphidaceae) in association with copepod Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912 from northern coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 18(3): Sep 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2022.2119250 [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]
[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
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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
