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Issue: Vol. 2372 No. 1: 26 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.2
Page range: 7–14
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 16

Pseudopontonides plumosus sp. nov., a new cnidarian-associated pontoniine shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Curaçao

Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden. The Netherlands
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden. The Netherlands
Crustacea Decapoda Palaemonidae Pontoniinae Pseudopontonides new species Antipatharia Curaçao

Abstract

During a study of the associated fauna of gorgonians and black corals on the reefs of Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean Sea) by the first author, a new species of Pseudopontonides Heard, 1986: P. plumosus sp. nov. was discovered, which is here described and figured.

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    Heard, R.W. (1986) Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) of the Northwest Atlantic. I. The genus Neopontonides Holthuis, 1951, with the description of N. chacei, new species, and the erection of Pseudopontonides, new genus, to receive N. principes Criales, 1980. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 6(3), 471–484.

    Holthuis, L.B. (1951) A general revision of the Palaemonidae (Crustacea Decapoda Natantia) of the Americas. I. The subfamilies Euryrhynchidae and Pontoniinae. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications. Occasional Paper, 11, 1–332.