Palaemon longirostris, author: Eneman, Eddy
Caridina brevidactyla, author: Keith, Philippe
Palinurus sp., author: Collection VLIZ
Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777), author: IMARES

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

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Pontophilus occidentalis Faxon, 1893

589692  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:589692)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Caridea (Infraorder)
  12. Crangonoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Crangonidae (Family)
  14. Pontophilus (Genus)
  15. Pontophilus occidentalis (Species)
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  1. Variety Pontophilus occidentalis var. indica De Man, 1918 accepted as Parapontophilus junceus (Spence Bate, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pontophilus occidentalis Faxon, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=589692 on 2025-04-05
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2011-12-02 06:36:29Z
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Fransen, Charles
2022-02-20 17:37:22Z
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2022-07-13 07:20:46Z
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Fransen, Charles

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Nomenclature

original description Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records) 
To ITIS