Pontella aculeata, a new species of neuston copepods from the eastern part of the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Calanoida: Pontellidae)
A.K. Heinrich
Abstract. Pontella aculeata sp. n. from the eastern part of the Indian Ocean is described and illustrated. It is closely related to P. novaezelandiae Farran, 1929. The new species is distinguished from it by the shorter processes of Me5. Right P5 of P. aculeata male has in proximal part of Re1 a branching process with two long, slender, and one wide short branches. P. novaezelandiae has there one long process and short forked projection at its base. The posterior process on dorsal side of the genital somite in the female of the new species is short, with rounded edges, in P. novaezelandiae long and sharp. P. aculeata female has right P5 Re with 2 processes in the distal part of the inner edge. P. novaezelandiae has one only. P. aculeata is smaller than P. novaezelandiae.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2005, 14(2): 191–196 ▪ Published in print 27 January 2006
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2005.14.2.191 ▪ Open full article 
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