Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Diaptomoidea ( Superfamily )
        Pontellidae ( Family )
            Pontellopsis ( Genus )
Pontellopsis inflatodigitata  Chen & Shen, 1974   (F,M)
Syn.: Pontellopsis scotti : Kasturirangan, 1963 (p.57, 59, figs.F,M), after Phukham (2008, p.94)
Ref.:
Chen & Shen, 1974 (p.132, 136, figs.F,M); Mulyadi, 2002 (p.131, figs.F,M, Rem.); Othman & Toda , 2006 (p.316, figs.M); Phukham, 2008 (p.94, figs.F,M)
Species Pontellopsis inflatodigitata - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : Q.-c Chen & C.-j. Shen in Studia Marina Sinica, 1974, 9. [p.133, Figs.35-43].
Female from South China Sea): 35, habitus (dorsal); 36, urosome (dorsal); 37, idem; 38, rostrum (frontal view); 39, P2; 40, P5.

Nota: Last thoracic segment with a pair of denticular processes on the posterior border, approching the base of the abdomen. Genital segment with 4 spines, 2 on the right side, subequal in lengths, another 2, very unequal in sizes, on the left side, the posterior one being much larger than the anterior oone. A1 16-segmented. P5 asymmetrical, exopods with the outer border of the right one with 3 denticles; the left exopod with the inner border smooth and the outer border bearing only 2 denticles, the distal one with 4 small denticles on its median side.; ebndopods all forked distally, the left one being larger than right one.

Male: 41, last thoracic segment and urosome (dorsal); 42, distal part of right A1; 43, P5.
Nota: Genital segment with a denticle on the right side. 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments all roundly produced on the right side and densely covered with short spinules as in the preceeding segment. P5 asymmetrical; exopod 1 of rihht foot with a denticle and 2 setae on the upper half of the outer border, exopod 2 bearing a lateral, long and curved digitate process with its distal end enlaged, exopod 3 with 2 elevations of unequal sizes on the outer border and mounted each with a seta, and 2 setae at the distal half of the inner border; exopod 1 of the left foot about 3.5 times as long as broad, with a long seta at the outer distal angle, exopod 2 about one-half as long as exopod 1, bearing a group of fine setae on the inner as well as on the outer border, exopod 3 very small, bearing 2 distal setae.


Species Pontellopsis inflatodigitata - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : Mulyadi in Treubia, 2002, 32; [p.132, Fig.48].
Female (from java Sea): a, habitus (dorsal); b, P5.

Male: c, habitus (dorsal); d, metasomal somite 5 and urosome (dorsal); e, right P5; f, left P5.


Species Pontellopsis inflatodigitata - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : B.H.R. Othman & T. Toda in Coastal Mar. Sc., 2006, 30 (1). [p.317, Fig.21].
Male (from Sister's Island, Singapore): A, habitus (dorsal); B, posterior part of prosome and urosome (dorsal); C, P5.

Nota: Prosome to urosome length ratio 2.85 : 1.
- Cephalon and 1st pedigerous somite separated , 4th and 5th fused, last thoracic segment process asymmetical, left rounded extending to middle of genital segment, right acuminate curving inwards reaching middle of anal segment.
- Urosome 5-segmented.
- Urosomal segments 2 and 3 asymmetrical, right margin extended toward right and with dense short spinules.
- ¨5 asymmetrical, right leg chelate, thumb of exopodal segment 1 prominent, extremely long and curved, digitate, distal end enlarged and knob-shaped, 1 long seta present near base of exopodal segment 1., exopodal segment 2 2/3 length of segment 1, curving inward slightly, inner margin with 1 long and 1 short setae, outer margin 1 seta and 1 short seta at apex; left leg with short coxa, basis with 1 seta, exopodal segment 1 with 1 spine at distal end, exopodal segment 2 short and small with 2 unequal distal spine, inner margin hirsute.


Species Pontellopsis inflatodigitata - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : N. Phukham in Species diversity of calanoid copepods in Thai waters, Andaman Sea (Master of Science, Univ. Bangkok). 2008. [p.178, Fig.52].
Female (from W Malay Peninsula): a, habitus (dorsal); b, urosome (dorsal); c, P5.

Male: d, habitus (lateral); e, urosome (dorsal); f, right P5; g, left P5.

Body length after the drawings: F = 1.520 mm (in dorsal view); M = 1.364 mm (in lateral view).

Compl. Ref.:
Shih & Young, 1995 (p.72)
NZ: 3

Distribution map of Pontellopsis inflatodigitata by geographical zones
Loc:
India, W Malay Peninsula (Andaman Sea), Straits of Malacca (Singapore), Indonesia (Sunda Strait, off Labuan, Jakarta Bay, Surabaya), China Seas (East China Sea, South China Sea)

Type locality: South China Sea.
N: 5
Lg.:
(394) F: 2,04-1,65; M: 1,7-1,5; (1086) M: 1,49; (1087) F: 1,65-1,75; M: 1,5-1,65; {F: 1,65-2,04; M: 1,49-1,70}
Rem.: neritic.
For Chen & Shen (1974, p.137) this species resembles P. macronyx.
Last update : 27/10/2015
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