Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Diaptomoidea ( Superfamily )
        Pontellidae ( Family )
            Pontellopsis ( Genus )
Pontellopsis grandis  (Lubbock, 1853)   (F,M)
Syn.: Monops grandis Lubbock, 1853 b (p.122);
Pontellopsis regalis : C.B. Wilson, 1950 (part., p.310, figs.F,M); Tanaka, 1964 c (p.266, figs.F, No M)
Ref.:
Bradford-Grieve, 1999 b (p.206, figs.F,M, Rem., figs.186, 187)
Species Pontellopsis grandis - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : Bradford-Grieve J.M. in The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 111, 1999. [p.207, Fig.154]
Female (from SW Pacific): A, habitus (dorsal); B, last thoracic segment and urosome (right lateral side); C, P5.
Nota: The right side of the genital somite extends into a posteriorly directed lobe bearing a small spine.


Species Pontellopsis grandis - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : O. Tanaka in Publs Seto mar. Biol. Lab., 1964, XII (3). [p.267, Fig.239]. Probably as Pontellopsis regalis (part.).
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (left lateral side); c, P5.

NZ: 4

Distribution map of Pontellopsis grandis by geographical zones
Loc:
New Zealand (N & NE North Island), Pacif. (? Hawaii), Japan (Izu region), S Atlant.
N: 2 (+1 ?)
Lg.:
(909) F: 3,95-4,11; {F: 3,95-4,11}
Rem.: A considerable confusion reigns between the species described by Lubbock (1853) and Pontellopsis regalis because of the synonymy established by Giesbrecht (1892). For Bradford-Grieve (1999 b, p.207) the species are distinct. The locality records for the two species are difficult to specify. According to Bradford (1999, p.207) Lubbock's name has been reinstated for the Southwest Pacific females because no intergrades exist between the different types of P. regalis.
Last update : 14/06/2022
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