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Zenopontonia

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Zenopontonia
Zenopontonia rex on a sea slug Ceratosoma trilobatum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Zenopontonia
Bruce, 1975[1]
Type species
Periclimenes (Periclimenes) noverca Kemp, 1922

Zenopontonia is a genus of shrimp within the family Palaemonidae.[1]

Species

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The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Zenopontonia Bruce, 1975". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  • Bruce, A. J. (1975). Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XXV. Further observations upon Periclimenes noverca Kemp, 1922, with the designation of a new genus Zenopontonia, and some remarks upon Periclimenes parasiticus Borradaile (Decapoda Natantia, Palaemonidae). Crustaceana. 28: 275-285
  • De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589