Species Orthopontonia ornata (Bruce, 1970)
- Periclimenaeus ornatus Bruce, A.J. 1970. Further preliminary descriptions of new species of the genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915 (Crustacea, Decapoda Natantia, Pontoniinae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 44(21): 305-315 [313].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH D37689 ovigerous ♀, Heron Island, Capricorn Group, QLD.
Paratype(s) BMNH, Heron Island, Capricorn Group, QLD; USNM, Heron Island, Capricorn Group, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
WA (Hibernia Reef), Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Host is the sponge, Jaspis stellifera.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1982. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XLI Orthopontonia, a new genus proposed for Periclimenaeus ornatus Bruce. Crustaceana 43(2): 163-176 [165]
History of changes
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |