Animalia > Arthropoda > Copepoda > Calanoida > Pontellidae > Pontella

Pontella with Relationships

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Pontella is a marine copepod genus in the family Pontellidae. It is an organism that bears three lenses in the eye. The outer has a parabolic surface, countering the effects of spherical aberration while allowing a sharp image to be formed. Pontella includes the following species:
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Species

Pontella atlantica
Pontella mediterranea

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0