Pontella spinicauda - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Pontella spinicauda Mori, 1937 (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

? Labidocera spinicauda : Chiba & al., 1957 (p.308)

References

List of the studied authors

Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.96, figs.F,M); Chen & Zhang, 1965 (p.102, figs.F,M); Kos, 1972 (Vol. I, figs.F; M, Rem.); Ohtsuka & al., 2015 (p.123, Table 2)..

Figures

Plate 1 issued from: Q.-c Chen & S.-z. Zhang in Studia Marina Sinica, 1965, 7. [Pl.43, 5-11].
Female (from E China Sea): 5, habitus (dorsal); 6, forehead (lateral); 7, P5 (posterior).

Male: 8, habitus (dorsal); 9, distal part of right A1; 10, P5 (postrior); 11, distal segment of left P5 (posterior).

Species Pontella spinicauda - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : T. Mori in The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (2nd edit., 1964). [Pl.44, Figs.3-11].
Female: 3, A2; 5, urosome (lateral, right side); 6, habitus (dorsal); 7, A1; 8, P1; 10, P5.

Male: 4, right A1; 9, habitus (dorsal); ; 11, P5.

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Silas & Pillai, 1973 (1976) (p.777, 833); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.1); Cervantes-Duarte & Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.3); Hirakawa & al., 1990 (tab.3); Yoo, 1991 (tab.1); Kim & al., 1993 (p.270); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1994 (tab.1); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.72); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.110); Ohtsuka & al., 2008 (p.115, Table 6); Maiphae & Sa-ardrit, 2011 (p.641, Table 2, 3, Rem.); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.)

Distribution

NZ: 4 + 1 doubtful

Distribution map of Pontella spinicauda by geographical zones

Distribution map of Pontella spinicauda for the Zone Indian Ocean

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

Localisations

Geographical glossary

? Indian (Central part), G. of Thailand, S Korea, S Japan, China Seas (Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea), Japan (Onagawa, Toyama Bay), W Baja California, G. of California

Quotations

N: 18

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(91) F: ± 4,5; M: ± 4,2 ; (290) F: 4,75-5,4; M: 4,2-4,75; {F: 4,50-5,40; M: 4,20-4,75}

Remarks

For Silas & Pillai (1973, p.833) the occurrence of this species by Tsuruta from central part of Indian Ocean without description and figure is considered as doubtful.

Last update : 15/04/2020

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