Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Diaptomoidea ( Superfamily )
        Pontellidae ( Family )
            Pontella ( Genus )
Pontella asymmetrica  Heinrich, 1967   (F,M)
Ref.:
Heinrich, 1967 (p.1009, figs.F,M)
Species Pontella asymmetrica - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : A.K. Heinrich in Zool. Zh., 1967, 46 (7). [p.1010, Fig.1].
Female (from N Andaman Sea): 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, forehead (lateral); 3, urosome (dorsal); 4, idem (ventral); 5, idem (lateral right side); 6-9, urosome (dorsal, variant specimens); 10, rostrum; 11, right P5.


Species Pontella asymmetrica - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : A.K. Heinrich in Zool. Zh., 1967, 46 (7). [p.1010, Fig.2].
Male: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, forehead (lateral); 3, last thoracic segment and urosome (lateral rigt side); 4, rostrum; 5, right P5; 6, left P5; 7, right A1; 8, A1 (grasping segment).

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Pontella asymmetrica by geographical zones
Species Pontella asymmetrica - Distribution map 2issued from : A.K. Heinrich in Zool. Zh., 1967, 46 (7). [p.1013, Fig.5].
Distibution of three species of Pontella from SW Pacific (Cruise of the R/V 'Vytiaz', december 1 to 5 february 1957.
Point = sample; 2, square = P. tenuiremis; triangle = P. asymmetrica; circle = P. whiteleggei.
Loc:
SW Pacif. (off N Kermadec Is.), off N New Zealand
N: 1
Lg.:
(270) F: 3,5-3; M: 3,2-2,8; {F: 3,00-3,50; M: 2,80-3,20}
Rem.: epipelagic.
The species is close to P. tenuiremis
Last update : 28/01/2015
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