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Pontoniinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pontoniinae

Taxonomy
Pontoniinae was named by Kingsley (1878). It is extant.

It was assigned to Palaemonoidea by Poore and Ahyong (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Pontoniinae Kingsley
2004Pontoniinae Poore and Ahyong

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderCarideaDana 1852
superfamilyPalaemonoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPontoniinaeKingsley 1878
familyPontoniinaeKingsley 1878

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Pontoniinae Kingsley 1878
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G. Anchistus Borradaile 1898
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Anchistus custos Forskal 1775
G. Notopontonia Bruce 1991
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G. Palaemonella Dana 1852
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Palaemonella rotumana Borradaile 1898
G. Periclimenes Costa 1844
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Periclimenes laccadivensis Alcock and Anderson 1894
Periclimenes yaldwyni Holthuis 1959
G. Pseudopontonia Bruce 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available