Pontella

Pontella is a marine copepod genus in the family Pontellidae. It is an organism that bears three lenses in the eye. The outer has a parabolic surface, countering the effects of spherical aberration while allowing a sharp image to be formed.

Pontella includes the following species:


 * Pontella agassizii Giesbrecht, 1895
 * Pontella alata A. Scott, 1909
 * Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912
 * Pontella argentea Dana, 1849
 * Pontella asymmetrica Heinrich, 1967
 * Pontella atlantica (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
 * Pontella bairdii Lubbock, 1853
 * Pontella barbata Tanaka, 1936
 * Pontella bifurcata Tanaka, 1936
 * Pontella bonei Mulyadi, 2003
 * Pontella brachiata Dana, 1849
 * Pontella brachyura (Kroyer, 1849)
 * Pontella brevicornis (Lubbock, 1857)
 * Pontella cerami A. Scott, 1909
 * Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
 * Pontella contracta Dana, 1849
 * Pontella cristata Kramer, 1896
 * Pontella curta Dana, 1849
 * Pontella curticornis Dana, 1852
 * Pontella danae Giesbrecht, 1889
 * Pontella darwinii (Lubbock, 1853)
 * Pontella denticauda A. Scott, 1909
 * Pontella detonsa Dana, 1849
 * Pontella diagonalis C. B. Wilson, 1950
 * Pontella edwardsii (Kroyer, 1849)
 * Pontella elegans (Claus, 1892)
 * Pontella elephas Brady, 1883
 * Pontella emerita Dana, 1849
 * Pontella eugeniae Leuckart, 1859
 * Pontella fera Dana, 1849
 * Pontella forcipata Tanaka, 1936
 * Pontella forficula A. Scott, 1909
 * Pontella gaboonensis T. Scott, 1894
 * Pontella gracilis C. B. Wilson, 1950
 * Pontella hanloni Greenwood, 1979
 * Pontella helgolandica Claus, 1863
 * Pontella indica Chiba, 1956
 * Pontella inermis Brady, 1883
 * Pontella investigatoris Sewell, 1912
 * Pontella karachiensis Rehman, 1973
 * Pontella kieferi Pesta, 1933
 * Pontella kleini Mulyadi, 2003
 * Pontella labuanensis Mulyadi, 1997
 * Pontella latifurca Chen & Zhang, 1965
 * Pontella lobiancoi (Canu, 1888)
 * Pontella longipedata Sato, 1913
 * Pontella marplatensis Ramirez, 1966
 * Pontella meadii Wheeler, 1900
 * Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
 * Pontella mimocerami Fleminger, 1957
 * Pontella natalis Brady, 1915
 * Pontella novaezealandiae Farran, 1929
 * Pontella patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853)
 * Pontella pattersonii (Templeton, 1837)
 * Pontella pennata C. B. Wilson, 1932
 * Pontella perspicax Dana, 1849
 * Pontella plumata Dana, 1849
 * Pontella polydactyla Fleminger, 1957
 * Pontella princeps Dana, 1849
 * Pontella protensa Dana, 1849
 * Pontella pulvinata C. B. Wilson, 1950
 * Pontella raynaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
 * Pontella regalis Dana, 1849
 * Pontella resnautica Oliveira, 1946
 * Pontella rostraticauda Ohtsuka, Fleminger & Onbé, 1987
 * Pontella rubescens Dana, 1849
 * Pontella savignyi (Milne-Edwards, 1828)
 * Pontella securifer Brady, 1883
 * Pontella setosa Lubbock, 1856
 * Pontella sewelli Heinrich, 1987
 * Pontella sinica Chen & Zhang, 1965
 * Pontella speciosa Dana, 1849
 * Pontella spinicauda Mori, 1937
 * Pontella spinipedata Heinrich, 1989
 * Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889
 * Pontella strenua Dana, 1849
 * Pontella suchumica Kritchagin, 1873
 * Pontella surrecta C. B. Wilson, 1950
 * Pontella tenuiremis Giesbrecht, 1889
 * Pontella tridactyla Shen & Lee, 1963
 * Pontella turgida Dana, 1849
 * Pontella valida Dana, 1852
 * Pontella vervoorti Mulyadi, 2003
 * Pontella whiteleggei Kramer, 1896