Pseudopontonides plumosus Snijders & Fransen 2010
- Dataset
- The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Palaemonidae
- genus
- Pseudopontonides
- species
- Pseudopontonides plumosus
biology_ecology
Ecology. Associated with black corals of the genus Antipathes (Snijders & Fransen 2010; present study).
distribution
Distribution. Only known Curaçao; 7 – 40 m depth (Snijders & Fransen 2010; present study).
materials_examined
Material examined. Curaçao: RMNH. CRUS. D. 51661: holotype ovigerous female; Otrabanda, harbor, Superior Producer, 12 ° 05 ′ 21.5 ″ N 068 ° 56 ′ 35.5 ″ W, 2. vi. 2005, depth 29 m, on Antipathes sp., collected by N. Snijders. RMNH. CRUS. D. 58313: 2 specimens; stn COA. 04, Blauwbaai, 12 ° 08 ′ 05.70 ″ N 68 ° 59 ′ 03.50 ″ W, 02. xi. 2013, depth 40 m, on bushy Antipathes sp., collected by C. H. J. M. Fransen. OUMNH. ZC. 2019 - 06 - 28: 10 specimens, pocl. 0.8 – 1.6 mm, Sun Reef, 12.1392 ºN 68.9981 ºW, depth 7 m, 15. ii. 2015, from A. caribbeana, leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (sample 3). OUMNH. ZC. 2019 - 06 - 29: 48 specimens including ovigerous females, pocl. 0.8 – 2.1 mm, Sun Reef, 12 ° 8 ′ 21.12 ″ N 68 ° 59 ′ 53.1594 ″ W, depth 24 m, 15. ii. 2015, from A. caribbeana, leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 4). OUMNH. ZC. 2019 - 06 - 30: 9 specimens including ovigerous females, pocl. 0.7 – 1.7 mm, Snake Bay, about 300 m east of Sun Reef, depth 30 m, 17. ii. 2015, from A. caribbeana, leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 10). OUMNH. ZC. 2019 - 06 - 31: 16 specimens including ovigerous females, pocl. 1.2 – 2.3 mm, Snake Bay, about 300 m east of Sun Reef, depth 29 m, 19. ii. 2015, from A. caribbeana, leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 20). OUMNH. ZC. 2019 - 06 - 32: 10 specimens including ovigerous females, pocl. 0.8 – 2.0 mm; Blauw Baai, 12 ° 7 ′ 59.88 ″ N 68 ° 59 ′ 10.3194 ″ W, depth 17 m, 22. ii. 2015, from A. caribbeana, leg. P. Wirtz & K. Wittmann (fcn. 22).