Species Platypontonia hyotis Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1971
- Platypontonia hyotis Hipeau-Jacquotte, R. 1971. Notes de faunistique et de biologie marines de Madagascar, V: Platypontonia hyotis nov. sp. (Decapoda Natantia, Pontoniinae). Crustaceana 20(2): 125-140 figs 1-7 [126 figs 1-7].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH D25624 ♂, outer slope of Banc de Belosa, S of Tuléar, Madagascar.
Paratype(s) RMNH D25624 ♀ (as allotype), Madagascar, S of Tulear, outer slope of Banc de Belosa. - Platypontonia pterostreae Suzuki, H. 1971. On some Commensal Shrimps found in the Western Region of Sagami Bay. Researches on Crustacea 4 & 5: 1-31 figs 1-12 pls 1-3 [5 figs 3, 4, pl. 3].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Hatsu-shima, Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan.
Paratype(s) MMBL ♀, Hatsu-shima, Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [127]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans, reported from 'East Australia' by Chace & Bruce (1993) op. cit., but may be in error as no specific localities appear to have been reported elsewhere.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29)
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
In bivalve molluscs including Pycnodonta and Pterostrea species, to 22 m depth.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |