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 elegans (Claus, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PontellaDana, 1846accepted genus name
Pontia Milne Edwards, 1828 synonym

Species group names

Pontellina elegans Claus, 1892 synonym

Literature

original description

Claus, C. (1892). Die Antennen der Pontelliden und das Gestaltungsgesetz der männlichen Greifantenne. [The antennae of the Pontellids and the design law of the male grasping antenna.]. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 1, 101: 848-866.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella elegans (Claus, 1892). 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:360152

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2008-07-15 by T. Chad Walter

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