''Pontella'' is a marine
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
genus in the family
Pontellidae. It is an organism that bears three lenses in the
eye
Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and conv ...
. The outer has a
parabolic surface, countering the effects of
spherical aberration
In optics, spherical aberration (SA) is a type of optical aberration, aberration found in optical systems that have elements with spherical surfaces. Lens (optics), Lenses and curved mirrors are prime examples, because this shape is easier to man ...
while allowing a sharp image to be formed.
''Pontella'' includes the following species:
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Pontella agassizii''
Giesbrecht, 1895
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Pontella alata''
A. Scott, 1909
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Pontella andersoni''
Sewell, 1912
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Pontella argentea
''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. ...
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Dana, 1849
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Pontella asymmetrica''
Heinrich, 1967
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Pontella atlantica
''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.
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(Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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Pontella bairdii''
Lubbock, 1853
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Pontella barbata''
Tanaka, 1936
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Pontella bifurcata''
Tanaka, 1936
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Pontella bonei
''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. ...
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Mulyadi, 2003
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Pontella brachiata''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella brachyura
''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 forme ...
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(Kroyer, 1849)
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Pontella brevicornis''
(Lubbock, 1857)
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Pontella cerami
''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. ...
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A. Scott, 1909
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Pontella chierchiae''
Giesbrecht, 1889
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Pontella contracta''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella cristata''
Kramer, 1896
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Pontella curta''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella curticornis''
Dana, 1852
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Pontella danae''
Giesbrecht, 1889
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Pontella darwinii''
(Lubbock, 1853)
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Pontella denticauda''
A. Scott, 1909
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Pontella detonsa''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella diagonalis''
C. B. Wilson, 1950
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Pontella edwardsii
''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. ...
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(Kroyer, 1849)
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Pontella elegans''
(Claus, 1892)
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Pontella elephas
''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. ...
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Brady, 1883
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Pontella emerita
''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. ...
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Dana, 1849
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Pontella eugeniae''
Leuckart, 1859
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Pontella fera
''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. ...
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Dana, 1849
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Pontella forcipata''
Tanaka, 1936
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Pontella forficula''
A. Scott, 1909
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Pontella gaboonensis''
T. Scott, 1894
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Pontella gracilis
''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. ...
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C. B. Wilson, 1950
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Pontella hanloni
''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 forme ...
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Greenwood, 1979
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Pontella helgolandica
''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. ...
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Claus, 1863
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Pontella indica''
Chiba, 1956
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Pontella inermis''
Brady, 1883
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Pontella investigatoris''
Sewell, 1912
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Pontella karachiensis''
Rehman, 1973
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Pontella kieferi''
Pesta, 1933
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Pontella kleini
''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. ...
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Mulyadi, 2003
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Pontella labuanensis
''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. ...
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Mulyadi, 1997
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Pontella latifurca
''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. ...
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Chen & Zhang, 1965
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Pontella lobiancoi
''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. ...
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(Canu, 1888)
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Pontella longipedata
''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. ...
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Sato, 1913
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Pontella marplatensis''
Ramirez, 1966
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Pontella meadii''
Wheeler, 1900
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Pontella mediterranea''
(Claus, 1863)
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Pontella mimocerami''
Fleminger, 1957
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Pontella natalis''
Brady, 1915
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Pontella novaezealandiae
''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. ...
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Farran, 1929
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Pontella patagoniensis''
(Lubbock, 1853)
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Pontella pattersonii
''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. ...
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(Templeton, 1837)
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Pontella pennata
''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. ...
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C. B. Wilson, 1932
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Pontella perspicax''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella plumata''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella polydactyla''
Fleminger, 1957
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Pontella princeps
''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 forme ...
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Dana, 1849
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Pontella protensa''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella pulvinata''
C. B. Wilson, 1950
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Pontella raynaudii
''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. ...
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(Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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Pontella regalis''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella resnautica''
Oliveira, 1946
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Pontella rostraticauda''
Ohtsuka, Fleminger & Onbé, 1987
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Pontella rubescens
''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. ...
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Dana, 1849
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Pontella savignyi
''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. ...
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(Milne-Edwards, 1828)
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Pontella securifer
''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. ...
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Brady, 1883
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Pontella setosa''
Lubbock, 1856
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Pontella sewelli
''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. ...
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Heinrich, 1987
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Pontella sinica''
Chen & Zhang, 1965
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Pontella speciosa''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella spinicauda
''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.
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Mori, 1937
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Pontella spinipedata
''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. ...
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Heinrich, 1989
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Pontella spinipes''
Giesbrecht, 1889
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Pontella strenua
''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. ...
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Dana, 1849
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Pontella suchumica
''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. ...
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Kritchagin, 1873
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Pontella surrecta
''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. ...
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C. B. Wilson, 1950
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Pontella tenuiremis
''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. ...
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Giesbrecht, 1889
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Pontella tridactyla''
Shen & Lee, 1963
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Pontella turgida''
Dana, 1849
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Pontella valida
''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. ...
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Dana, 1852
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Pontella vervoorti
''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. ...
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Mulyadi, 2003
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Pontella whiteleggei''
Kramer, 1896
References
Calanoida
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