Species Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915
- Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, L.A. 1915. Notes on Carides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15: 205-213 [213].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UMZC I.9596, Mabuaig, Torres Strait.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tasman Sea (Australia); Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (Red Sea to Kiribati and Japan).
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Bruce, A.J. 2005. Pontoniine shrimps from Papua New Guinea, with designation of two new genera, Cainonia and Colemonia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 333-383 [372] (lists Western Australia and Queensland)
- Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [337] (lists Queensland and Tasman Sea (Australia))
Ecological Descriptors
Commensal, coral reef, low intertidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Obligatory associate of crinoids including species of Comatula and Capillaster, to 21 m depth.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1986. Shrimps that live on Tropical Echinoderms. Underwater 17: 92-94 (illustration and associations)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |