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Pontella
Male (bottom) and female (top)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Pontellidae
Genus: Pontella
Dana, 1846

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. [1]

Pontella includes the following species: [2]

References

  1. ^ I. R. Schwab (2003). "An eye for the ladies". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 87 (8): 936. doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.8.936. PMC  1771812. PMID  12908482.
  2. ^ T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Pontella Dana, 1846". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 10, 2011.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pontella
Male (bottom) and female (top)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Pontellidae
Genus: Pontella
Dana, 1846

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. [1]

Pontella includes the following species: [2]

References

  1. ^ I. R. Schwab (2003). "An eye for the ladies". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 87 (8): 936. doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.8.936. PMC  1771812. PMID  12908482.
  2. ^ T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Pontella Dana, 1846". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 10, 2011.



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