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Marine Planktonic Copepods
Pontella alata  A. Scott, 1909   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Calanoida
Superfamily Diaptomoidea
Family Pontellidae

Synonymy

Pontella cerami A. Scott, 1909 (p.163, Descr.M, figs.M); Sewell, 1948 (p.419); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.291, figs.M)

References

A. Scott, 1909 (p.160, Descr.F, figs.F); Silas & Pillai, 1973 (1976) (p.775); Ohtsuka & al., 1987 (p.568)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : A. Scott in Siboga-Expedition, 1909, XIX a. [Plate LIII, Figs.8-13]. As Pontella cerami.
Male (from Banda Sea): 8, habitus (dorsal); 9, rostrum with lens on the basal part; 10, left A1; 11, right A1; 12, proximal marginal plate on right A1; 13, distal marginal plate on right A1; 14, endopodite of P1; 15, P5.
Plate 2 issued from : A. Scott in Siboga-Expedition, 1909, XIX a. [Plate LI, Figs.11-15].
Female (North Coast of Celebes): 11,habitus (dorsal); 12, rostrum; 13, A1; 14, endopodite of P1; 15, P5.
Plate 3 Issued from : Mulyadi in Crustaceana, 2003, 76 (4). [p.392, Table I)•
Characteristic feature of five Pontella species groups in the Indo-West Pacific.
Plate 4 issued from : C.B. Wilson in Bull. U.S. natn Mus., 100, 14 (4). [Pl.27, Figs.402-403]. As Pontella cerami.
Male (from Caldera Bay anchorage, W Mindanao, Philippines): 402, habitus (dorsal); 403, P5.

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Pontella alata by geographical zones


Additional Maps & Charts

Map 3 issued from : S. Ohtsuka, A. Fleminger & T. Onbé in J. Crustacean Biol., 1987, 7 (3). [p.565, Fig.10].
Distribution of the Pontella alata group.
Arabic numerals show the number of individual tows containing one or more individuals of the species taken in the vicinity of the new record indicated by the symbol.

Localisations

Indonesia-Malaysia, Philippines, China Seas (East China Sea)

Quotations

N: 2

Dimensions (mm)

(5) F: 3,58; M: 3,45; {F: 3,58; M: 3,45}

Remarks

epiplanktonic.
This species belong to "P.alata"-Group. (See above in Mulyadi, 2003, p.399, Rable I)
Last update : 28/01/2015

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