Species Hamopontonia corallicola Bruce, 1970
- Hamopontonia corallicola Bruce, A.J. 1970. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XV. Hamopontonia corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a new pontoniid shrimp from Hong Kong. Crustaceana 18: 37-48 [41 figs 1-4].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH D25533 ovigerous ♀, Kat O Chau, Mirs Bay, New Territories, Hong Kong [22°32.1'N 114°17.95'E].
Paratype(s) RMNH D25534; BMNH 1969:40:1; USNM 125669.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Hong Kong, Japan).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with scleractinian corals of the genus Goniopora, and in deeper water with Heliofungia.
General References
Marin, I. 2012. The “Hamopontonia corallicola” Bruce, 1970 species complex (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae): new records and new species from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 3272: 35–56 [36] (new records, redescribed)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |