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Species Pseudopontonia minuta (Baker, 1907)

Smooth Prawn

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Possibly commensal with the polychaete Eunice aphroditois; if so, it is the only pontoniine shrimp known to have an association with an annelid, and the only one known to have abbreviated larval development.

 

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)
22-Jul-2013 22-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)