Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000

Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2023, The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean, Zootaxa 5387 (1), pp. 1-127 : 102-103

Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000

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Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000: 101 ( Bonaire).

Material examined. Curaçao: RMNH. CRUS.D.58263: 2 specimens; stn COA.21, Marie Pampoen , 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W, 01.xi.2013, depth 35 m, scuba diving, in Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 , collected by S.E. T. van der Meij (photo COA.21 053–083) . RMNH. CRUS.D.58264: 2 specimens; stn COA.23, Playa Hundu, 12°16′05.80″N 69°07′42.20″W, 07.xi.2013, depth 12 m, scuba diving, in S. americanus , collected by B . T. Reijnen (photo COA.23 184–194) .

Ecology. Symbiont of various large bivalve mollusk species: Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Chlamys mildredae Bayer, 1941 ; S. americanus (see Fransen 2002); S. gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 ; S. senegalensis Schreibers, 1793 ; Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) ; and Chlamys mildredae Bayer, 1941 ( Fransen 2002; Tavares et al. 2017).

Distribution. Amphi-Atlantic. In the western Atlantic it has been recorded from: North Carolina southwards to Maranhão, Banco Vitória, Espírito Santo and Trindade Island, Brazil. In the eastern Atlantic the species has been recorded from the Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands. The species occurs in depths between 5 and 70 m ( Fransen 2002; Tavares et al. 2017; Poupin 2018). The species is now recorded for the first time from Curaçao.

Figures

FIGURE 68. Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000. A, stn CAO.21, Curaçao, Marie Pampoen, 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W, 1.xi.2013, depth 35 m, in Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781; B, male, stn CAO.23, Curaçao, Playa Hundu, 12°16′05.80″N 69°07′42.20″W, 7.xi.2013, depth 12 m, from S. americanus; C, ovigerous female, same locality as B. (Photographs by C.H.J.M. Fransen.)