WoRMS taxon details
Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
104739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104739)
accepted
Species
Pontellina mediterranea Claus, 1863 · unaccepted
Pontellina mediterranea jaltensis Czerniavski, 1868 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Pontella mediterranea gaboonensis Scott T., 1894 represented as Pontella gaboonensis Scott T., 1894
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pontellina mediterranea Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104739 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pontellina mediterranea Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
original description (of Pontellina mediterranea jaltensis Czerniavski, 1868) Czerniavski, V. (1868). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. [Materials for Pontic zoography]. <em>Travaux de la Societe des naturalistes de St. Petersbourg.</em> 1: 19–136. [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]
original description (of Pontellina mediterranea jaltensis Czerniavski, 1868) Czerniavski, V. (1868). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. [Materials for Pontic zoography]. <em>Travaux de la Societe des naturalistes de St. Petersbourg.</em> 1: 19–136. [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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Crisafi, P. (1960). I Copepodi dello Stretto di Messina. Nota III. Osservazioni su alcuni stadi copepodiformi di Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Copepods of the Strait of Messina. Note III. Observations on some copepodiform stages of Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali.</em> 6(3-4):293-299, figs. 1-7. (28-xii-1960). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Crisafi, P. (1965). Les Copépodes du détroit de Messine. Oeufs, stades naupliens et segmentation du corps du Copépode pélagique Pontella mediterranea Claus. [Copepods of the Strait of Messina. Eggs, nauplius stages and body segmentation of the pelagic copepod Pontella mediterranea Claus.]. <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 18(2):411-416, figs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Champalbert, G. (1978). Rythmes d'activité natatoire de quelques Copépodes hyponeustoniques (Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, Pontella mediterranea Claus, Labidocera wollastoni Lubbock) en fonction des conditions d'éclairement et de pression. [Swimming activity rhythms of some hyponeustonic copepods (Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, Pontella mediterranea Claus, Labidocera wollastoni Lubbock) as a function of lighting and pressure conditions.]. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 35(3):233-249, figs. 1-14. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Champalbert, G. (1979). Rythme d'activité natatoire de deux espèces de Copépodes Pontellidés (Anomalocera patersoni et Pontella mediterranea). [Swimming activity of 2 species of pontellid copeopds (Anomalocera patersoni and Pontella mediterranea).]. <em>Téthys.</em> 9(1):83-85. (vii-1979). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Demir, M. (1958). Kuzey - Dogu ege, Marmara ve Güney Karadenizin pelajik kopepodlar (Copepoda) faunasi. Kisim. I. Pontellidae ve Parapontellidae. [Pontellidae and Parapontellidae (pelagic Copepoda) from the southern Black, Marmara and north-east Aegean Seas.]. <em>Hidrobiologi Mecmuasi, Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi.</em> (A)4(3-4):103-124. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grice, G.D. (1981). Diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 27(7): 189-190. (26-x-1981). [details]
additional source Grice, G.D. & V.R. Gibson. (1982). Hatching of eggs of Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda: Calanoida) (1). Vie et Milieu 31(1):49-51. (v-1982, French summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ianora, A., A. Miralto & S. Vanucci. (1992). The surface attachment structure: a unique type of integumental formation in neustonic copepods. <em>Marine Biology, Berlin.</em> 113(3):401-407, figs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Karavaev, V.A. (1895). Materialy k' faune veslonogikh (Copepoda) Chernago morya. [Materials on fauna of Copepoda of the Black Sea.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 14(1):117-174, pls. 1-3. (1895) (Russian with French summary). [details]
additional source Petipa, T.S. (1969). O Pitanii Giponeistonnogo Rachka Pontella mediterranea Claus V Chernom More. [On the Feeding of the Crustacean Pontella mediterranea Claus in the Black Sea]. <em>In: Vodyanitsky, V.A. (ed.). (1969). Produktsionno- Biologicheskia Protsessy V Planktone Yuzhnykh Morei. Biologiya Morya, Kiev, Biological Production of Plankton of the Southern Seas. Produktsionno-biologicheskia protsessy v planktone Yuzhnykh morei. Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok / Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 233 pp.</em> 17:54-65, fig. 1, tabs. 1-3. (14-Xi-1969). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santella, L. & A. Ianora. (1992). Fertilization envelope in diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Crustacea, Copepoda). Molecular Reproduction and Development 33(4):463-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080330413 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santella, L. & I. Ianora. (1990). Subitaneous and diapause eggs in Mediterranean populations of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 105(1):83-90, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1967). Razvitie Chernomorskikh Copepoda. III. Nauplial'nye stadii Pontella mediterranea Claus i Labidocera brunescens Czern. Development of Black Sea Copepoda III. Naupliar stages of Pontella mediterranea Claus and Labidocera brunescens Czern. In: Greze, V.N. (ed.). Biologiya i raspredelenie planktona yuzhnikh morei. Biology and distribution of plankton of the southern seas. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Okeanograficheakaya Komissiya. Moscow. :99-108, figs. 1-7. (Russian.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Vaissière, R. & M.F. Boulay. (1971). Ultrastructure et formation de la région lamellaire des yeux médians de Copépodes pontellides (Pontella mediterranea Claus et Anomalocera patersoni Templeton). [Ultrastructure and formation of the lamellar region of the median eyes of pontellid copepods (Pontella mediterranea Claus and Anomalocera patersoni Templeton).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)272: 610-613, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vaissière, R. & M.H. Nodot. (1971). Distribution des pigments caroténoides dans l'oeil médian des Copépodes pontellides (Pontella mediterranea et Anomalocera patersoni Templeton). [Distribution of carotenoid pigments in the middle eye of pontellid Copepods (Pontella mediterranea and Anomalocera patersoni Templeton).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)272: 1631-1633. [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]
[request]additional source Crisafi, P. (1965). Les Copépodes du détroit de Messine. Oeufs, stades naupliens et segmentation du corps du Copépode pélagique Pontella mediterranea Claus. [Copepods of the Strait of Messina. Eggs, nauplius stages and body segmentation of the pelagic copepod Pontella mediterranea Claus.]. <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 18(2):411-416, figs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Champalbert, G. (1978). Rythmes d'activité natatoire de quelques Copépodes hyponeustoniques (Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, Pontella mediterranea Claus, Labidocera wollastoni Lubbock) en fonction des conditions d'éclairement et de pression. [Swimming activity rhythms of some hyponeustonic copepods (Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, Pontella mediterranea Claus, Labidocera wollastoni Lubbock) as a function of lighting and pressure conditions.]. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 35(3):233-249, figs. 1-14. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Champalbert, G. (1979). Rythme d'activité natatoire de deux espèces de Copépodes Pontellidés (Anomalocera patersoni et Pontella mediterranea). [Swimming activity of 2 species of pontellid copeopds (Anomalocera patersoni and Pontella mediterranea).]. <em>Téthys.</em> 9(1):83-85. (vii-1979). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Demir, M. (1958). Kuzey - Dogu ege, Marmara ve Güney Karadenizin pelajik kopepodlar (Copepoda) faunasi. Kisim. I. Pontellidae ve Parapontellidae. [Pontellidae and Parapontellidae (pelagic Copepoda) from the southern Black, Marmara and north-east Aegean Seas.]. <em>Hidrobiologi Mecmuasi, Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi.</em> (A)4(3-4):103-124. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grice, G.D. (1981). Diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 27(7): 189-190. (26-x-1981). [details]
additional source Grice, G.D. & V.R. Gibson. (1982). Hatching of eggs of Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda: Calanoida) (1). Vie et Milieu 31(1):49-51. (v-1982, French summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ianora, A., A. Miralto & S. Vanucci. (1992). The surface attachment structure: a unique type of integumental formation in neustonic copepods. <em>Marine Biology, Berlin.</em> 113(3):401-407, figs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Karavaev, V.A. (1895). Materialy k' faune veslonogikh (Copepoda) Chernago morya. [Materials on fauna of Copepoda of the Black Sea.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 14(1):117-174, pls. 1-3. (1895) (Russian with French summary). [details]
additional source Petipa, T.S. (1969). O Pitanii Giponeistonnogo Rachka Pontella mediterranea Claus V Chernom More. [On the Feeding of the Crustacean Pontella mediterranea Claus in the Black Sea]. <em>In: Vodyanitsky, V.A. (ed.). (1969). Produktsionno- Biologicheskia Protsessy V Planktone Yuzhnykh Morei. Biologiya Morya, Kiev, Biological Production of Plankton of the Southern Seas. Produktsionno-biologicheskia protsessy v planktone Yuzhnykh morei. Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok / Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 233 pp.</em> 17:54-65, fig. 1, tabs. 1-3. (14-Xi-1969). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santella, L. & A. Ianora. (1992). Fertilization envelope in diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Crustacea, Copepoda). Molecular Reproduction and Development 33(4):463-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080330413 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santella, L. & I. Ianora. (1990). Subitaneous and diapause eggs in Mediterranean populations of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 105(1):83-90, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1967). Razvitie Chernomorskikh Copepoda. III. Nauplial'nye stadii Pontella mediterranea Claus i Labidocera brunescens Czern. Development of Black Sea Copepoda III. Naupliar stages of Pontella mediterranea Claus and Labidocera brunescens Czern. In: Greze, V.N. (ed.). Biologiya i raspredelenie planktona yuzhnikh morei. Biology and distribution of plankton of the southern seas. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Okeanograficheakaya Komissiya. Moscow. :99-108, figs. 1-7. (Russian.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Vaissière, R. & M.F. Boulay. (1971). Ultrastructure et formation de la région lamellaire des yeux médians de Copépodes pontellides (Pontella mediterranea Claus et Anomalocera patersoni Templeton). [Ultrastructure and formation of the lamellar region of the median eyes of pontellid copepods (Pontella mediterranea Claus and Anomalocera patersoni Templeton).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)272: 610-613, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vaissière, R. & M.H. Nodot. (1971). Distribution des pigments caroténoides dans l'oeil médian des Copépodes pontellides (Pontella mediterranea et Anomalocera patersoni Templeton). [Distribution of carotenoid pigments in the middle eye of pontellid Copepods (Pontella mediterranea and Anomalocera patersoni Templeton).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)272: 1631-1633. [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
| Language | Name | |
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| Ukrainian | Понтела середземноморська | [details] |
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
