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Pontonia manningi Fransen 2000

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Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000

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Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000: 101 (Bonaire).

Material examined. Curaçao: RMNH. CRUS.D.58263: 2 specimens; stn COA.21, Marie Pampoen, 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W, 01.xi.2013, depth 35 m, scuba diving, in Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781, collected by S.E. T. van der Meij (photo COA.21 053–083). RMNH. CRUS.D.58264: 2 specimens; stn COA.23, Playa Hundu, 12°16′05.80″N 69°07′42.20″W, 07.xi.2013, depth 12 m, scuba diving, in S. americanus, collected by B. T. Reijnen (photo COA.23 184–194).

Ecology. Symbiont of various large bivalve mollusk species: Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758); Chlamys mildredae Bayer, 1941; S. americanus (see Fransen 2002); S. gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758; S. senegalensis Schreibers, 1793; Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798); and Chlamys mildredae Bayer, 1941 (Fransen 2002; Tavares et al. 2017).

Distribution. Amphi-Atlantic. In the western Atlantic it has been recorded from: North Carolina southwards to Maranhão, Banco Vitória, Espírito Santo and Trindade Island, Brazil. In the eastern Atlantic the species has been recorded from the Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands. The species occurs in depths between 5 and 70 m (Fransen 2002; Tavares et al. 2017; Poupin 2018). The species is now recorded for the first time from Curaçao.

Notes

Published as part of Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2023, The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 5387 (1) on pages 102-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5387.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10698994

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Biodiversity

Collection code
COA , RMNH, CRUS , RMNH, CRUS, COA
Event date
2013-11-01 , 2013-11-07
Verbatim event date
2013-11-01 , 2013-11-07
Scientific name authorship
Fransen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Pontonia
Species
manningi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000 sec. Fransen, 2023

References

  • Fransen, C. H. J. M. (2000) Pontonia manningi, new species, a bivalve-associated shrimp from the tropical and subtropical Atlantic (Decapoda: Pontoniinae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 20 (Special Number 2), 101 - 108. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 1937240 X- 90000012
  • Fransen, C. H. J. M. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny, historical biogeography, and historical ecology of the genus Pontonia Latreille (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 336, 1 - 433, pls. 1 - 19.
  • Tavares, M., Carvalho, L. & Mendonca, J. B. (2017) Towards a review of the decapod Crusacea from the remote oceanic archipelago of Trindade and Martin Vaz, south Atlantic Ocean: New records and notes on ecology and zoogeography. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 57, 157 - 176. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / 0031 - 1049.2017.57.14
  • Poupin, J. (2018) Les Crustaces decapodes des Petites Antilles, avec de nouvelles observations pour Saint Martin, la Guadeloupe et la Martinique. Patrimoines naturels, 77, 1 - 264. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.