Planche 1 issued from : F.C. Ramirez in Bol. Inst. Biol. Mar., Mar del Plata, 1966, 11. [Lam.VII, Figs.1-16]. As Pontella marplatensis. Male (from off Mar del Plata); 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, right A1; 3, A1 (detail of segment 15); 4, A1 (detail of segments16-18); 5, A1 (detail of segments 21 to 29; 6, detail of basipodal segment 2 of A2; 7, Md (cutting edge); 8, detail of Mxp; ; 9, left P5; 10, right P5; 11, basipodal segment 2 of P2. Nota: Left A1 24-segmented (segments 6 to 8 fused), segments 15, 16 and 21 with processes oriented ventrally and of different shape: 1st with 2 spines, 2nd and 3rd with 3 spines. 1st segment of Mxp with about 25 teeth on inner margin
Planche 2 Issued from : J.M. Bradford-Grieve, E.L. Markhaseva, C.E.F. Rocha & B. Abiahy in South Atlantic Zooplankton, edit. D. Boltovskoy. 1999, Vol. 2, Copepoda; [p.1071, Fig. 7.395: Pontella marplatensis ( = Pontella patagoniensis)]. Ur = urosome; r = right; l = left. Female characters (from key, p.959): - Urosome of 3 somites. - P5 endopod tapering to point.
Male characters (from key, p.960): - Left P5 terminating in curved spine, exopodal segment2-3 with 2 proximal patches of hairs. - Chelate right P5 exopodal segment1-2 without projection or with low, triangular raised area at midlength between tip of 'thumb' and distal border of segment.
Carte de distribution de Pontella patagoniensis par zones géographiques
Cartes et graphiques additionels
Carte 2 Issued from : A.K. Heinrich inTrudy Inst. Okeanol., 1974, 98 [p.44, Fig.2]. Distibution of four species of Pontellidae from SW Atlantic (Cruise of the R/V 'Akademik Kurchatov' 1971 and 1972). Points = stations; square= Pontella atlantica ; asterisk= Pontella marplatensis; triangle= Pontella securifer; circle = Pontellopsis perspicax.
Epiplagic, neritic. For Derissio, Ramirez & Manzan (2011, p.1659), after examination of new specimens from the same location (coastal waters off Mar del Plata) described earlier by Ramirez (1966) Pontella marplatensis is a synonym of Pontella patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853). For Rosa J.C.L. & Monteiro-Ribas (2012), the occurrence friom P. marplatensis (= P. patagoniensis) might have been introduce to the coast of Espirito Santo, particularly at Arrial do Cabo Bay, from ballast water of ships. In surface, the water temperature was 20.4°C and the salinity 35.4 psu, the number of individuals was 10 by m3.
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