Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Pontellidae > Genus Pontella

Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pontella*	Dana, 1846	accepted genus name
*Pontia*	Milne Edwards, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Pontellina mediterranea*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Ukrainian: Понтела середземноморська

Literature

basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
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.)
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).]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. (D)272: 1631-1633.
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.]. Hidrobiologi Mecmuasi, Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi. (A)4(3-4):103-124.
additional source	Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15.
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.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 18(2):411-416, figs. 1-9.
additional source	Ianora, A., A. Miralto & S. Vanucci. (1992). The surface attachment structure: a unique type of integumental formation in neustonic copepods. Marine Biology, Berlin. 113(3):401-407, figs. 1-5.
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.)
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.
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
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.]. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 35(3):233-249, figs. 1-14.
additional source	Karavaev, V.A. (1895). Materialy k' faune veslonogikh (Copepoda) Chernago morya. [Materials on fauna of Copepoda of the Black Sea.]. Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev). 14(1):117-174, pls. 1-3. (1895) (Russian with French summary).
additional source	Grice, G.D. (1981). Diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 27(7): 189-190. (26-x-1981).
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).]. Téthys. 9(1):83-85. (vii-1979).
additional source	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).]. Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. 6(3-4):293-299, figs. 1-7. (28-xii-1960).
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]. 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. 17:54-65, fig. 1, tabs. 1-3. (14-Xi-1969).
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.
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).]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. (D)272: 610-613, pls. 1-2.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104739