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 spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

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.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29.
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	Sewell, R.B.S. (1912). XXIX. Notes on the surface-living Copepoda of the Bay of Bengal, I and II. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 7(4):313-382, figs. 1-5, pls. 14-24. (Nov 1912).
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.
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. Zoological Studies. 57:1-11.
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	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889. 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:104741