Pontella

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Pontella
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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]

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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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