Pontella princeps - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Pontella princeps Dana, 1849 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Calanoida

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Superfamily Diaptomoidea

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Family Pontellidae

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Genus Pontella

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Synonymy

Pontellina (Iva) princeps : Claus,1893;
? no Pontella princeps : Sewell, 1932 (p.382, figs.F,M); Saraswathy, 1966 (1967) (p.83); Mulyadi, 2000 (p.191, figs.M)

References

List of the studied authors

Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.461, 477, 774, figs.F,M); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.142, Rem. F,M); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.236, 252); A. Scott, 1909 (p.160, Rem.); Delsman, 1949 (p.129); Voronina, 1962 a (p.68, fig.2); Tanaka, 1964 c (p.261, figs.M); Silas & Pillai, 1973 (1976) (p.827, 832, figs.F, M, Rem.); Zheng & al., 1982 (p.81, figs.F,M); Heinrich, 1987 (p.932, Rem.); Ohtsuka & Onbé, 1991 (p.214); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.870, Pl.152,155: F,M); ? Mulyadi, 2000 (p.191, figs.M, Rem.); 2002 (p.107, figs.M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publs Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1964, XII (3). [p.261, Fig.235].
Male: forehead (dorsal); b, idem (right lateral side); c, A1 (clasping part); d, P5.
Nota: The last thoracic segment produced on each side into a lateral spine. Rostrum short with a slight indication of lens. The left A1 extends about to the end of the 3rd thoracic segment.

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : E.G. Silas & P.P. Pillai in J. mar. biol. Ass. India, 1973 (1976), 15 (2). [p.829, Fig.23, a-i].
Female (from Indian Ocean): a, habitus (dorsal); b, urosome (dorsal); c, idem (ventral); d, idem (lateral right side); e, P5.

Male: f, habirus (dorsal); g, rostrum (lateral); h, right A1 (distal part); i, P5.
Scale as in Calanopia minor.

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.24, Fig.29].
Female: 29, P5 (anterior view).

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 4 of morphological figures

Plate 4 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.24, Figs.28, 39].
Male: 28, right P5 (posterior view); 39, left P5 (posterior view).

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 5 of morphological figures

Plate 5 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.40, Fig.11].
Female: 11, habitus (dorsal).

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 6 of morphological figures

Plate 6 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.40, Fig.25].
Female: 25, urosome (ventral).

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 7 of morphological figures

Plate 7 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.40, Fig.38].
Female: 38, forehead (lateral).

Species Pontella princeps - Plate 8 of morphological figures

Plate 8 issued from : Z. Zheng, S. Li, S.J. Li & B. Chen in Marine planktonic copepods in Chinese waters. Shanghai Sc. Techn. Press, 1982 [p.83, Fig.47].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, urosome (ventral); d, idem (lateral); e, P5.

Male: f, habitus (dorsal); g, forehead (lateral); h, A1; i, P5.

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Species Pontella princeps - Plate 9 of morphological figures

Plate 9 Issued from : Mulyadi in Treubia, 2002, 32. [p.108, Fig.38].
): ): Male (from Jakarta Bay): a,habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, posterior thoracic segment 5 and urosome (dorsal); d,right A1; e, rostrum (anterior view); f, right P5; g, lrft P5; h, distal segmentof left P5.

Nota: the male is identified by the very long outer spine-like process on distal segment of left P5, and the elongated spine on segment 14 of the right A1.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

? Sewell, 1912 (p.354, 372); ? 1948 (p.324); Wilson, 1942 a (p.203); 1950 (p.295); Fagetti, 1962 (p.35); Sherman, 1963 (p.216: fig.2, p.220: fig.9); Heinrich, 1964 (p.87: fig.5); Anraku & Azeta, 1965 (p.13, Table 2, fish predator); Heinrich, 1969 (p.1457, fig.2); Subbaraju & Krishnamurphy, 1972 (p.25, 26 ); Carter, 1977 (1978) (p.36); Madhupratap & Haridas, 1986 (p.105, 112: Rem., tab.1); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.1); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.72); Padmavati & al., 1998 (p.349); Mauchline, 1998 (tab.8)

Distribution

NZ: 7

Distribution map of Pontella princeps by geographical zones

Distribution map of Pontella princeps for the Zone Indian Ocean

Distribution map of Pontella princeps for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Additional Maps & Charts

Species Pontella princeps - Distribution map 4

Map 4 issued from : A.K. Heinrich in Zool. Zh., 1969, 48 (10) [p.1458, Fig.2].
Distribution of Pontella princeps in the Pacific Ocean1: occurrence of Pontella princeps; 2: stations.

Localisations

Geographical glossary

South Africa (E) (Natal), Arabian Sea, Trivandrum coast, G. Porto Novo, of Mannar, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, , Indonesia, Java (Jakarta Bay, Easten waters), W Australia, China Seas (East China Sea, South China Sea), Nagazaki, Japan, Baja California, Pacif. tropical (Tongatabu Is., Hawaii, off Chili)

Type locality: Tongatabu Island (Tonga Islands)

Quotations

N: 24

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(46) F: 5,6; M: 4,8; (120) M: 4,57; (256) F: 5,56-4,98; M: 5,3-5,11; (866) F: 4,98-5,63; M: 4,57-5,56; (1023) F: 5,52-5,63; M: 5,27-5,56; {F: 4,98-5,63; M: 4,20-5,56}

Remarks

epipelagic; neritic.
Certain locality records are incertain: possible confusion with Pontella sewelli.
Silas & Pillai (1973, p.828) point to Gisebrecht (1892, Pl.24, fig.29) has not shown the three minute marginal spinules present on the outer margin of exopod of P5 female; these spinules closely resemble those of P. atlantica Milne-Edwards (1840).

Last update : 08/12/2020

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