Pontella

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 Giesbrecht, 1895 Pontella alata A. Scott, 1909 Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912 Pontella argentea Dana, 1849 Pontella asymmetrica Heinrich, 1967 Pontella atlantica (Milne-Edwards, 1840) Pontella bairdii Lubbock, 1853 Pontella barbata Tanaka, 1936 Pontella bifurcata Tanaka, 1936 Pontella bonei Mulyadi, 2003 Pontella brachiata Dana, 1849 Pontella brachyura (Kroyer, 1849) Pontella brevicornis (Lubbock, 1857) Pontella cerami A. Scott, 1909 Pontella chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889 Pontella contracta Dana, 1849 Pontella cristata Kramer, 1896 Pontella curta Dana, 1849 Pontella curticornis Dana, 1852 Pontella danae Giesbrecht, 1889 Pontella darwinii (Lubbock, 1853) Pontella denticauda A. Scott, 1909 Pontella detonsa Dana, 1849 Pontella diagonalis C. B. Wilson, 1950 Pontella edwardsii (Kroyer, 1849) Pontella elegans (Claus, 1892) Pontella elephas Brady, 1883 Pontella emerita Dana, 1849 Pontella eugeniae Leuckart, 1859 Pontella fera Dana, 1849 Pontella forcipata Tanaka, 1936 Pontella forficula A. Scott, 1909 Pontella gaboonensis T. Scott, 1894 Pontella gracilis C. B. Wilson, 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 longipedata Sato, 1913 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 patagoniensis (Lubbock, 1853) Pontella pattersonii (Templeton, 1837) Pontella pennata C. B. Wilson, 1932 Pontella perspicax Dana, 1849 Pontella plumata Dana, 1849 Pontella polydactyla Fleminger, 1957 Pontella princeps Dana, 1849 Pontella protensa Dana, 1849 Pontella pulvinata C. B. Wilson, 1950 Pontella raynaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1840) Pontella regalis Dana, 1849 Pontella resnautica Oliveira, 1946 Pontella rostraticauda Ohtsuka, Fleminger & Onbé, 1987 Pontella rubescens Dana, 1849 Pontella savignyi (Milne-Edwards, 1828) Pontella securifer Brady, 1883 Pontella setosa Lubbock, 1856 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 strenua Dana, 1849 Pontella suchumica Kritchagin, 1873 Pontella surrecta C. B. Wilson, 1950 Pontella tenuiremis Giesbrecht, 1889 Pontella tridactyla Shen & Lee, 1963 Pontella turgida Dana, 1849 Pontella valida Dana, 1852 Pontella vervoorti Mulyadi, 2003 Pontella whiteleggei Kramer, 1896