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Palaemonidae Rafinesque 1815

Description

Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815

Brachycarpus biunguiculatus (Lucas, 1846) —CNI Moreno et al. (1982); 1–45 m—CVI likely (occurs in Canary, Ascension and St. Helena Islands, d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999)—Benthic, 0– 56 m. PANT.

Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 —CNI Brullé (1839, as P. squilla); 0–5 m—CVI Ortmann (1893); same depth— Benthic. EACT.

Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) —CNI Holthuis (1949); 2–10 m—Benthic, 2– 40 m. ATLM.

Palaemon vicinus Ashelby, 2009 —CVI Ashelby (2009), type-locality; 0–4 m—Benthic. TSEA.

Palaemon xiphias Risso, 1816 —CNI Holthuis (1949); 0–5 m—Benthic, 0.5– 10 m. ATLM.

Ascidonia flavomaculata (Heller, 1864) —CNI Pérez & Moreno (1991, as Pontonia flavomaculata); 5–42 m— CVI Fransen (2002); 0–15 m—Benthic, 0– 100 m. ATLM.

Balssia gasti (Balss, 1921) —CNI Barquín et al. (1982 –1983); 20–40 m—CVI Wirtz & d’Udekem d’Acoz (2001); 20–40 m—Benthic, 12– 120 m. ATLM.

Palaemonella atlantica Holthuis, 1951 —CNI Fransen & Wirtz (1997); 15–18 m—CVI type-locality; 5–40 m— Benthic, 2– 75 m. TSEA.

Periclimenes sagittifer (Norman, 1861) —CNI González (1995, as Periclimenes sp.); 1–25 m—Benthic, 0– 5 m. EACT.

Periclimenes scriptus (Risso, 1822) —CNI Holthuis (1949); depth unknown—CVI Holthuis (1951); littoral— Benthic, 12– 65 m. TSEA.

Periclimenes wirtzi d'Udekem d'Acoz, 1996 —CNI Fransen & Wirtz (1997); 36–54 m—CVI Wirtz & d’Udekem d’Acoz (2001); 15–30 m—Benthic, 29– 54 m. ECAI.

Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000 —CNI Fransen (2000); 10–15 m—CVI Fransen (2000); 5–60 m—Benthic, 3.5–69.5 m. AAWA.

Pontonia pilosa Fransen, 2002 —CVI type-locality; 10 m—Benthic. ECVI.

Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) —CNI Santaella (1973); 2–28 m—CVI Türkay (1982); 0–22 m—Benthic, 0– 137 m. EAWT.

Pseudocoutierea wirtzi d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2000 —CVI d'Udekem d'Acoz (2000b), type-locality; 20–30 m— Benthic, 14– 29 m. TSEA.

Rapipontonia platalea (Holthuis, 1951) —CVI Holthuis (1951, as Periclimenes (Harpilius) platalea); 14–30 m— Benthic, 10– 34 m. TSEA.

Tuleariocaris neglecta Chace, 1969 —CNI Barquín et al. (1982 –1983); 0–50 m—CVI Wirtz (2009); 15 m— Benthic. AAWA.

Typton gnathophylloides Holthuis, 1951 —CNI Pérez & Moreno (1991); 14–18 m—Benthic, 82 m. AAWA.

Typton spongicola O.G. Costa, 1844 —CNI Barquín et al. (1982 –1983); 5 m—CVI Lenz & Strunck (1914); 9 m— Benthic, 8– 300 m. ATLM.

Notes

Published as part of González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, pp. 401-448 in Zootaxa 4413 (3) on page 410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769606

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Palaemonidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rafinesque
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 sec. González, 2018

References

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