Zenopontonia
| Zenopontonia | |
|---|---|
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| Zenopontonia rex on a sea slug Ceratosoma trilobatum. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Zenopontonia Bruce, 1975[1] |
| Type species | |
| Periclimenes (Periclimenes) noverca Kemp, 1922 | |
Zenopontonia is a genus of shrimp within the family Palaemonidae.[1]
Species
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-[1]
- Zenopontonia noverca (Kemp, 1922)
- Zenopontonia rex (Kemp, 1922)
- Zenopontonia soror (Nobili, 1904)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Zenopontonia Bruce, 1975". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- Bruce, A. J. (1975). Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XXV. Further observations upon Periclimenes noverca Kemp, 1922, with the designation of a new genus Zenopontonia, and some remarks upon Periclimenes parasiticus Borradaile (Decapoda Natantia, Palaemonidae). Crustaceana. 28: 275-285
- De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589