NARMS taxon details

Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)

104739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104739)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104739 on 2026-08-16
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=104739 on 2026-08-16
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original description (of ) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Crisafi, P. (1960). I Copepodi dello Stretto di Messina. Nota III. Osservazioni su alcuni stadi copepodiformi di Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Copepods of the Strait of Messina. Note III. Observations on some copepodiform stages of Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali.</em> 6(3-4):293-299, figs. 1-7. (28-xii-1960). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Crisafi, P. (1965). Les Copépodes du détroit de Messine. Oeufs, stades naupliens et segmentation du corps du Copépode pélagique Pontella mediterranea Claus. [Copepods of the Strait of Messina. Eggs, nauplius stages and body segmentation of the pelagic copepod Pontella mediterranea Claus.]. <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 18(2):411-416, figs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Champalbert, G. (1978). Rythmes d'activité natatoire de quelques Copépodes hyponeustoniques (Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, Pontella mediterranea Claus, Labidocera wollastoni Lubbock) en fonction des conditions d'éclairement et de pression. [Swimming activity rhythms of some hyponeustonic copepods (Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, Pontella mediterranea Claus, Labidocera wollastoni Lubbock) as a function of lighting and pressure conditions.]. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 35(3):233-249, figs. 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(78)90077-1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Champalbert, G. (1979). Rythme d'activité natatoire de deux espèces de Copépodes Pontellidés (Anomalocera patersoni et Pontella mediterranea). [Swimming activity of 2 species of pontellid copeopds (Anomalocera patersoni and Pontella mediterranea).]. <em>Téthys.</em> 9(1):83-85. (vii-1979). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Demir, M. (1958). Kuzey - Dogu ege, Marmara ve Güney Karadenizin pelajik kopepodlar (Copepoda) faunasi. Kisim. I. Pontellidae ve Parapontellidae. [Pontellidae and Parapontellidae (pelagic Copepoda) from the southern Black, Marmara and north-east Aegean Seas.]. <em>Hidrobiologi Mecmuasi, Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi.</em> (A)4(3-4):103-124. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Grice, G.D. (1981). Diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 27(7): 189-190. (26-x-1981). [details] 

additional source Grice, G.D. & V.R. Gibson. (1982). Hatching of eggs of Pontella mediterranea Claus (Copepoda: Calanoida) (1). Vie et Milieu 31(1):49-51. (v-1982, French summary.) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ianora, A., A. Miralto & S. Vanucci. (1992). The surface attachment structure: a unique type of integumental formation in neustonic copepods. <em>Marine Biology, Berlin.</em> 113(3):401-407, figs. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00349165 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Karavayev, V. (1895). Materialy k' faune veslonogikh (Copepoda) Chernago morya. [Materials on fauna of Copepoda of the Black Sea.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 14(1):117-174, pls. 1-3. (1895) (Russian with French summary). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Petipa, T.S. (1969). O Pitanii Giponeistonnogo Rachka Pontella mediterranea Claus V Chernom More. [On the Feeding of the Crustacean Pontella mediterranea Claus in the Black Sea]. <em>In: Vodyanitsky, V.A. (ed.). (1969). Produktsionno- Biologicheskia Protsessy V Planktone Yuzhnykh Morei. Biologiya Morya, Kiev, Biological Production of Plankton of the Southern Seas. Produktsionno-biologicheskia protsessy v planktone Yuzhnykh morei. Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok / Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 233 pp.</em> 17:54-65, fig. 1, tabs. 1-3. (14-Xi-1969). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Santella, L. & A. Ianora. (1992). Fertilization envelope in diapause eggs of Pontella mediterranea (Crustacea, Copepoda). Molecular Reproduction and Development 33(4):463-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080330413 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Santella, L. & I. Ianora. (1990). Subitaneous and diapause eggs in Mediterranean populations of Pontella mediterranea (Copepoda: Calanoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 105(1):83-90, figs. 1-6, tab. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01344273 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1967). Razvitie Chernomorskikh Copepoda. III. Nauplial'nye stadii Pontella mediterranea Claus i Labidocera brunescens Czern. Development of Black Sea Copepoda III. Naupliar stages of Pontella mediterranea Claus and Labidocera brunescens Czern. In: Greze, V.N. (ed.). Biologiya i raspredelenie planktona yuzhnikh morei. Biology and distribution of plankton of the southern seas. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Okeanograficheakaya Komissiya. Moscow. :99-108, figs. 1-7. (Russian.) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Vaissière, R. & M.F. Boulay. (1971). Ultrastructure et formation de la région lamellaire des yeux médians de Copépodes pontellides (Pontella mediterranea Claus et Anomalocera patersoni Templeton). [Ultrastructure and formation of the lamellar region of the median eyes of pontellid copepods (Pontella mediterranea Claus and Anomalocera patersoni Templeton).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)272: 610-613, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vaissière, R. & M.H. Nodot. (1971). Distribution des pigments caroténoides dans l'oeil médian des Copépodes pontellides (Pontella mediterranea et Anomalocera patersoni Templeton). [Distribution of carotenoid pigments in the middle eye of pontellid Copepods (Pontella mediterranea and Anomalocera patersoni Templeton).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)272: 1631-1633. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Zaitsev, Y.P., L.N. Polishchuk & Z. Champalbert. (1979). Sravitel'no-morfologicheskii analiz dvukh vidov kalanid sem. Pontellidae iz Chernogo i Sredizemnogo morei. [Comparative morphological analysis of two species of Calanoida family Pontellidae, from the Black and Mediterranean Seas).]. <em>Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok.</em> 1979(2):55-61, figs. 1-3, tab. 1. (13-iii-1979, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Harcota, G.E., A. Totoiu, E. Bisinicu, C. Tabarcea, L. Boicenco & F. Timofte. (2022). Abundance and Distribution of the Hyponeustonic Copepods Anomalocera patersonii and Pontella mediterranea in the South-western Part of the Black . <em>Turkish Journal Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences.</em> 22(5):1-13. May 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.4194/TRJFAS18987 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fagiano, V., C. Alomar, A. Ventero, M.L. Fernández de Puelles, M. Iglesias & S. Deudero. (2024). First assessment of anthropogenic particle ingestion in Pontellid copepods: Pontella mediterranea as a potential microplastic reservoir in the Neuston. <em>Science of The Total Environment.</em> 908:1-11. 168480. [online Nov 2023]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168480 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Karawaiew, W. [Karavayev, V.]. (1894). Vnesok u vyvchennya fauny kopepod Chornoho morya. Zasnovano holovnym chynom na materialakh, zibranykh doktorom A.A. Ostrovym pid chas yoho uchasti v batymetrychniy ekspedytsiyi 1891 roku do Chornoho morya. Beitrage zur fauna der copepoden des Schwarzen Meeres. Hauptsächlich auf grund es von Dr. A.A. Ostromow während seiner theilnahme in der bathymerischen expedition im Schwarzen Meere im Jahre 1891 geammelten materials. [Contributions to the copepod fauna of the Black Sea. Based primarily on material collected by Dr. A.A. Ostromow during his participation in the 1891 bathymetric expedition to the Black Sea.]. <em>Zapiski Kievskago Obshchestva.</em> 14:1-58. [Russian or Ukrainian]. [details] OpenAccess publication

ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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