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Issue: Vol. 2636 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2636.1.3
Page range: 37–48
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 19

Pinnotherotonia rumphiusi gen. et sp. nov., a new furry bivalve-associated pontoniine shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Palau

A. N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, Moscow, Russia
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611-7800, USA
Crustacea Decapoda Caridea Pontoniinae new genus new species Bivalvia Veneridae Periglypta Palau

Abstract

A new genus and species of a furry, bivalve–associated pontoniine shrimp is described from Palau. This is the second pontoniine shrimp known to be associated with bivalves burrowing into soft bottom, and the first record of a venus clam (Bivalvia, Veneridae) as host for caridean shrimps.

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