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:
- Pontella agassizii <small>Giesbrecht, 1895</small>
- Pontella alata <small>A. Scott, 1909</small>
- Pontella andersoni <small>Sewell, 1912</small>
- Pontella argentea <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella asymmetrica <small>Heinrich, 1967</small>
- Pontella atlantica <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1840)</small>
- Pontella bairdii <small>Lubbock, 1853</small>
- Pontella barbata <small>Tanaka, 1936</small>
- Pontella bifurcata <small>Tanaka, 1936</small>
- Pontella bonei <small>Mulyadi, 2003</small>
- Pontella brachiata <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella brachyura <small>(Kroyer, 1849)</small>
- Pontella brevicornis <small>(Lubbock, 1857)</small>
- Pontella cerami <small>A. Scott, 1909</small>
- Pontella chierchiae <small>Giesbrecht, 1889</small>
- Pontella contracta <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella cristata <small>Kramer, 1896</small>
- Pontella curta <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella curticornis <small>Dana, 1852</small>
- Pontella danae <small>Giesbrecht, 1889</small>
- Pontella darwinii <small>(Lubbock, 1853)</small>
- Pontella denticauda <small>A. Scott, 1909</small>
- Pontella detonsa <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella diagonalis <small>C. B. Wilson, 1950</small>
- Pontella edwardsii <small>(Kroyer, 1849)</small>
- Pontella elegans <small>(Claus, 1892)</small>
- Pontella elephas <small>Brady, 1883</small>
- Pontella emerita <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella eugeniae <small>Leuckart, 1859</small>
- Pontella fera <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella forcipata <small>Tanaka, 1936</small>
- Pontella forficula <small>A. Scott, 1909</small>
- Pontella gaboonensis <small>T. Scott, 1894</small>
- Pontella gracilis <small>C. B. Wilson, 1950</small>
- Pontella hanloni <small>Greenwood, 1979</small>
- Pontella helgolandica <small>Claus, 1863</small>
- Pontella indica <small>Chiba, 1956</small>
- Pontella inermis <small>Brady, 1883</small>
- Pontella investigatoris <small>Sewell, 1912</small>
- Pontella karachiensis <small>Rehman, 1973</small>
- Pontella kieferi <small>Pesta, 1933</small>
- Pontella kleini <small>Mulyadi, 2003</small>
- Pontella labuanensis <small>Mulyadi, 1997</small>
- Pontella latifurca <small>Chen & Zhang, 1965</small>
- Pontella lobiancoi <small>(Canu, 1888)</small>
- Pontella longipedata <small>Sato, 1913</small>
- Pontella marplatensis <small>Ramirez, 1966</small>
- Pontella meadii <small>Wheeler, 1900</small>
- Pontella mediterranea <small>(Claus, 1863)</small>
- Pontella mimocerami <small>Fleminger, 1957</small>
- Pontella natalis <small>Brady, 1915</small>
- Pontella novaezealandiae <small>Farran, 1929</small>
- Pontella patagoniensis <small>(Lubbock, 1853)</small>
- Pontella pattersonii <small>(Templeton, 1837)</small>
- Pontella pennata <small>C. B. Wilson, 1932</small>
- Pontella perspicax <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella plumata <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella polydactyla <small>Fleminger, 1957</small>
- Pontella princeps <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella protensa <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella pulvinata <small>C. B. Wilson, 1950</small>
- Pontella raynaudii <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1840)</small>
- Pontella regalis <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella resnautica <small>Oliveira, 1946</small>
- Pontella rostraticauda <small>Ohtsuka, Fleminger & Onbé, 1987</small>
- Pontella rubescens <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella savignyi <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1828)</small>
- Pontella securifer <small>Brady, 1883</small>
- Pontella setosa <small>Lubbock, 1856</small>
- Pontella sewelli <small>Heinrich, 1987</small>
- Pontella sinica <small>Chen & Zhang, 1965</small>
- Pontella speciosa <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella spinicauda <small>Mori, 1937</small>
- Pontella spinipedata <small>Heinrich, 1989</small>
- Pontella spinipes <small>Giesbrecht, 1889</small>
- Pontella strenua <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella suchumica <small>Kritchagin, 1873</small>
- Pontella surrecta <small>C. B. Wilson, 1950</small>
- Pontella tenuiremis <small>Giesbrecht, 1889</small>
- Pontella tridactyla <small>Shen & Lee, 1963</small>
- Pontella turgida <small>Dana, 1849</small>
- Pontella valida <small>Dana, 1852</small>
- Pontella vervoorti <small>Mulyadi, 2003</small>
- Pontella whiteleggei <small>Kramer, 1896</small>
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