A new species of the pontoniine shrimp genus Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970 associated with caryophyllid coral Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso &amp; Eysenhardt, 1821) in Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam

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doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3815.1.9

Issue: Vol. 3815 No. 1: 12 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-12

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.1.9

Page range: 131–140

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**A new species of the pontoniine shrimp genus Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970 associated with caryophyllid coral Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) in Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam**

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A. N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, Moscow, Russia.

Crustacea Decapoda Palaemonidae Pontoniinae Hamopontonia new species coral-associated Scleractinia Caryophyllidae Euphyllia Pacific South-China Sea Nhatrang Bay Vietnam

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Abstract

Hamopontonia nhatrangensis sp. nov. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) is described from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam, in association with caryophyllid coral Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, Caryophyllidae). The new species clearly differs from congeners by morphological features, distinctive coloration and ecologically. Renewed differential key to all known species of the genus Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970 is provided.