Genus Platypontonia Bruce, 1968

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• Platypontonia Bruce, A.J. 1968. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XII. The re-examination of Pontonia ? brevirostris Miers, 1844, with the designation of a new genus Platypontonia (Decapoda Natantia, Pontoniinae). Crustaceana 15: 289-297 [289] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Pontonia brevirostris Miers, 1884 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific (Madagascar, Seychelles, Japan, Indonesia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1995. A Synopsis of the Indo-West Pacific Genera of the Pontoniinae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Königstein : Koeltz Scientific Books 172 pp. [119]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jul-2013		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)