PONTELLIDAE Dana, 1852

Aphelura Brady, 1914 syn.Pontella Dana, 1846; Calanops Claus, 1863 syn. Pseudopontia Claus, 1892; Eupontella Claus, 1893 syn.Labidocera Lubbock, 1853; Hemipontella Claus, 1892 syn. Labidocera Lubbock, 1853; Irenaeus Goodsir, 1843 syn. Anomalocera Templeton, 1837;Iva Lubbock, 1853 sy.Pontella Dana, 1846; Ivella Lubbock, 1853 syn.Pontella Dana, 1846: Ivellina Claus, 1893 syn. Pontella Dana, 1846; Monachops Wilson C.B., 1924 syn. Pontellopsis Brady, 1883; Monops Lubbock, 1853 syn. Monachops Wilson C.B., 1924; Pontia Milne Edwards H., 1828 syn. Pontella Dana, 1846; Pseudomonops Claus, 1892 syn. Pontellopsis Brady, 1883; Pseudopontella Claus, 1893 syn. Pontellina Dana, 1852; Pseudopontia Claus, 1892syn. Pontellina Dana, 1852

"Pontellid copepods form spectacular and biogeographically important component of neritic plankton. Species of Pontellidae generally predominate or concentrate in the surface layer in tropical to warm temperate latitudes, provide excellent materials for zoogeographic investigation" (from:Mulyadi , 2002)


ANOMALOCERA Templeton, 1837 (syn. Irenaeus Goodsir, 1843)

  • Anomalocera manicauda Björnberg T.K.S., 1963
  • Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976
  • Anomalocera ornata Sutcliffe, 1949
  • Anomalocera patersonii Templeton, 1837
  • Anomalocera splendidus (Goodsir, 1843) accepted as Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, 1837

    CALANOPIA Dana, 1852

  • Calanopia americana Dahl F., 1894
  • Calanopia asymmetrica Mulyadi & Ueda, 1996
  • Calanopia aurivilli Cleve, 1901
  • Calanopia australica Bayly & Greenwood, 1966
  • Calanopia biloba Bowman, 1957
  • Calanopia brachiata Dana, 1852 accepted as Centropages brachiatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanopia elliptica (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanopia herdinani Scott A., 1909
  • Calanopia kideysi Ünal & Shmeleva, 2002
  • Calanopia levantina Uysal & Shmeleva, 2004
  • Calanopia media Gurney, 1927
  • Calanopia metu Uysal & Shmeleva, 2004
  • Calanopia minor Scott A., 1902
  • Calanopia parathompsoni Gaudy, 1969 (syn. Calanopia thompsoni Scott A., 1909
  • Calanopia sarsi Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Calanopia seymouri Pillai, 1969
  • Calanopia sewelli Jones E.C. & Park, 1967
  • Calanopia thompsoni Scott A., 1909
  • Calanopia tulina El-Sherbiny & Al-Aidaroos, 2017

    Key to the species of genus Calanopia


    EPILABIDOCERA Wilson C.B., 1932

  • Epilabidocera amphitrites (McMurrich, 1916) (syn. Epilabidocera longipedata (Sato, 1913)
  • Epilabidocera longipedata (Sato, 1913)

    ISOCOPE Brady, 1915

  • Isocope propinqua Brady, 1915

    IVELLOPSIS Claus, 1893

  • Ivellopsis denticauda (Scott A., 1909)
  • Ivellopsis elephas (Brady, 1883)

    LABIDOCERA Lubbock, 1853 (syn. Eupontella Claus, 1893; Hemipontella Claus, 1892)

    "The genus Labidocera was established by Lubbock for the species L. darwini Lubbock, 1853, collected from off Argentina. The genus is the largest in the family Pontellidae, currently accommodating 60 valid species [2], the majority of them distributed in Indo-Pacific region. Most Labidocera species restricted to waters ranging from warm-temperate to tropical" (from: Mulyadi, 2020)

  • Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera aestiva Wheeler, 1900
  • Labidocera agilis (Dana, 1849) (syn. Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera albatrossi Wilson C.B., 1950 (syn. Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera amphitrites (McMurrich, 1916) (syn. Epilabidocera amphitrites (McMurrich, 1916)
  • Labidocera antiguae Fleminger, 1979
  • Labidocera baliensis Mulyadi, 2021
  • Labidocera barbadiensis Fleminger & Moore, 1977
  • Labidocera barbudae Fleminger, 1979
  • Labidocera bataviae Scott A., 1909
  • Labidocera bengalensis Krishnaswamy, 1952
  • Labidocera bipinnata Tanaka, 1936 (syn. Labidocera rotunda Mori, 1929)
  • Labidocera boxshalli El-Sherbiny & Ueda, 2010
  • Labidocera brasiliense Farran, 1929
  • Labidocera brunescens (Czerniavsky, 1868)
  • Labidocera carpentariensis Fleminger, Othman & Greenwood, 1982
  • Labidocera caudata Nicholls, 1944
  • Labidocera cervi Krämer, 1895
  • Labidocera chubbi Brady, 1915
  • Labidocera churaumi Hirabayashi & Ohtsuka, 2014
  • Labidocera crispata (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera dakini Greenwood, 1978
  • Labidocera darwinii Lubbock, 1853
  • Labidocera detruncata (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera diandra Fleminger, 1967
  • Labidocera euchaeta Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Labidocera exigua (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera farrani Greenwood & Othman, 1979
  • Labidocera fluviatilis Dahl F., 1894
  • Labidocera frivola (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera gagensis Mulyadi, 2021
  • Labidocera gallensis Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Labidocera gangetica Sewell, 1934
  • Labidocera glauca Smith L.V., 1936
  • Labidocera hebes (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera insolita Wilson C.B., 1950 (syn.Labidocera aestiva Wheeler, 1900)
  • Labidocera intermedia Scott T., 1894
  • Labidocera jaafari Othman, 1986
  • Labidocera japonica Mori, 1935
  • Labidocera javaensis Mulyadi, 1997
  • Labidocera johnsoni Fleminger, 1964
  • Labidocera jollae Esterly, 1906
  • Labidocera kaimanaensis Mulyadi, 2014
  • Labidocera kolpos Fleminger, 1967
  • Labidocera kröyeri(Brady, 1883) (?)
  • Labidocera kuwaitiana Prusova & Al-Yamani, 2014
  • Labidocera laevidentata (Brady, 1883)
  • Labidocera lubbocki Giesbrecht, 1889 (syn.Labidocera darwinii Lubbock, 1853)
  • Labidocera madurae Scott A., 1909
  • Labidocera magna Lubbock, 1853 (syn.Pontella atlantica (Milne Edwards, 1840)
  • Labidocera media (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera minuta Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Labidocera mirabilis Fleminger, 1957
  • Labidocera moretoni Greenwood, 1978
  • Labidocera muranoi Mulyadi, 1997
  • Labidocera nerii (Krøyer, 1849)
  • Labidocera orsinii Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Labidocera panamae Fleminger & Moore, 1977
  • Labidocera papuensis Fleminger, Othman & Greenwood, 1982
  • Labidocera patagoniensis Lubbock, 1853 (syn. Pontella patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853)
  • Labidocera pavo Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Labidocera pectinata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Labidocera pseudacuta Silas & Pillai, 1967
  • Labidocera rotunda Mori, 1929
  • Labidocera rotundifrons (Claus, 1892) (syn. Labidocera nerii (Krøyer, 1849)
  • Labidocera scotti Giesbrecht, 1897
  • Labidocera setosum Giesbrecht, 1889 (syn. Labidocera nerii (Krøyer, 1849)
  • Labidocera similis Cleve, 1904 (syn.Labidocera pectinata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
  • Labidocera simplex (Dana, 1849)
  • Labidocera sinilobata Shen & Lee, 1963
  • Labidocera stylifera Thompson I.C. & Scott, 1903 (syn. Labidocera kroyeri stylifera Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
  • Labidocera tasmanica Taw, 1974
  • Labidocera tenuicauda Wilson C.B., 1950 (syn. Labidocera trispinosa Esterly, 1905)
  • Labidocera trispinosa Esterly, 1905
  • Labidocera wilsoni Fleminger & Tan, 1966
  • Labidocera wollastoni (Lubbock, 1857)

    Key to the species of genus Labidocera


    PONTELLA Dana, 1846

    syn. Aphelura Brady, 1914: Iva Lubbock, 1853; Ivella Lubbock, 1853; Ivellina Claus, 1893; Pontia Milne Edwards H., 1828

  • Pontella aculeata Heinrich, 2006
  • Pontella agassizii Giesbrecht, 1895
  • Pontella alata Scott A., 1909
  • Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912
  • Pontella argentea Dana, 1849
  • Pontella asymmetrica Heinrich, 1967
  • Pontella atlantica (Milne Edwards, 1840)
  • Pontella barbata Tanaka, 1936 (syn. Pontella kieferi Pesta, 1933)
  • Pontella bairdii Lubbock, 1853 (syn. Pontella acutifrons Dana, 1849
  • Pontella bifurcata Tanaka, 1936 (syn. Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Pontella bonei Mulyadi, 2003
  • Pontella cerami Scott A., 1909 (syn. Pontella alata Scott A., 1909)
  • Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Pontella cocoensis Garrote, Suárez-Morales & Morales-Ramírez, 2015
  • Pontella cristata Krämer, 1896
  • Pontella danae Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Pontella danae Giesbrecht, 1889 var. ceylonica Thomson & Scott, 1903
  • Pontella dentieanda Scott, 1909 (?)
  • Pontella detonsa Dana, 1849
  • Pontella diagonalis Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontella elegans (Claus, 1892)
  • Pontella fera Dana, 1849
  • Pontella forficula Scott A., 1909
  • Pontella forcicula A. Scott, 1909 (?)
  • Pontella forcipata Tanaka, 1936 (syn. Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Pontella gaboonensis Scott T., 1894
  • Pontella gracilis Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontella hanloni Greenwood, 1979
  • Pontella helgolandica Claus, 1863
  • Pontella indica Chiba, 1956
  • Pontella inermis Brady, 1883
  • Pontella investigatoris Sewell, 1912
  • Pontella karachiensis Rehman, 1973
  • Pontella kieferi Pesta, 1933
  • Pontella kleini Mulyadi, 2003
  • Pontella labuanensis Mulyadi, 1997
  • Pontella latifurca Chen & Zhang, 1965
  • Pontella lobiancoi (Canu, 1888)
  • Pontella marplatensis Ramirez, 1966
  • Pontella meadii Wheeler, 1900
  • Pontella mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
  • Pontella mimocerami Fleminger, 1957
  • Pontella natalis Brady, 1915
  • Pontella novaezealandiae Farran, 1929
  • Pontella papuaensis Mulyadi, 2014
  • Pontella patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853)
  • Pontella pattersonii (Templeton, 1837)
  • Pontella polydactyla Fleminger, 1957
  • Pontella princeps Dana, 1849
  • Pontella pulvinata Wilson, 1050 (?)
  • Pontella raynaudii (Milne Edwards, 1840)
  • Pontella rostraticauda Ohtsuka, Fleminger & Onbé, 1987
  • Pontella savignyi (Milne Edwards, 1828)
  • Pontella securifer Brady, 1883
  • Pontella sewelli Heinrich, 1987
  • Pontella sinica Chen & Zhang, 1965
  • Pontella speciosa Dana, 1849
  • Pontella spinicauda Mori, 1937
  • Pontella spinipedata Heinrich, 1989
  • Pontella spinipes Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Pontella suchumica Krichagin, 1873
  • Pontella surrecta Wison, 1950 (?)
  • Pontella tenuiremis Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Pontella tridactyla Shen & Lee, 1963
  • Pontella valida Dana, 1852
  • Pontella vervoorti Mulyadi, 2003
  • Pontella whiteleggei Kramer, 1896

    Key to the species of genus Pontella

    PONTELLINA Dana, 1852 (syn. Calanops Claus, 1863; Pseudopontella Claus, 1893; Pseudopontia Claus, 1892

  • Pontellina morii Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
  • Pontellina platychela Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
  • Pontellina plumata (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellina pontica Krichagin, 1873
  • Pontellina sobrina Fleminger & Hulsemann, 1974
  • Pontellina turgida (Dana, 1849) (syn. Pontellina plumata (Dana, 1849)

    Key to the species of genus Pontellina

    PONTELLOPSIS Brady, 1883 (syn.. Monachops Wilson C.B., 1924; Monops Lubbock, 1853; Pseudomonops Claus, 1892)

  • Pontellopsis aequalis Mori, 1932 (syn. Pontellina plumata (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis albatrossi (Wilson C.B., 1950) (syn. Labidocera acutifrons (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis andersoni (Sewell, 1912) (syn. Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912
  • Pontellopsis armata (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Pontellopsis bispinata Mulyadi, 2018
  • Pontellopsis bitumida Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontellopsis brevis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Pontellopsis celebensis Mulyadi, 2018
  • Pontellopsis contracta (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis curta (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis curticornis (Dana, 1852)
  • Pontellopsis digitata Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontellopsis emerita (Dana, 1849) (syn. Pontellina emerita Dana, 1849
  • Pontellopsis globosa Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontellopsis grandis (Lubbock, 1853) (syn. Pontellopsis regalis (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis herdmani Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Pontellopsis inflatodigitata Chen & Shen, 1974
  • Pontellopsis krameri (Giesbrecht, 1896)
  • Pontellopsis laminata Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontellopsis lubbockii (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Pontellopsis macronyx Scott A., 1909
  • Pontellopsis occidentalis Esterly, 1906
  • Pontellopsis pacifica Chiba, 1953
  • Pontellopsis perspicax (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis pexa Scott A., 1909
  • Pontellopsis protensa (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis rajaensis Mulyadi, 2018
  • Pontellopsis regalis (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis rubescens (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis scotti Sewell, 1932
  • Pontellopsis sinuata Wilson C.B., 1950
  • Pontellopsis speciosus Brady, 1915 (syn. Pontellina plumata (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis strenua (Dana, 1849)
  • Pontellopsis tasmanensis Greenwood, 1978
  • Pontellopsis tenuicauda (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Pontellopsis villosa Brady, 1883
  • Pontellopsis yamadae Mori, 1937

    Key to the species of genus Pontellopsis


    Key to the genera of family Pontellidae


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