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WoRMS taxon details

Parapontocaris Alcock, 1901

AphiaID

415764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415764)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Crangon bengalensis Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 accepted as Parapontocaris bengalensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Crangonidae Haworth, 1825

Orig. name

Parapontocaris Alcock, 1901

Direct children (6)

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Species Parapontocaris andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Species Parapontocaris aspera Chace, 1984
Species Parapontocaris bengalensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Species Parapontocaris caribbaea (Boone, 1927)
Species Parapontocaris levigata Chace, 1984
Species Parapontocaris vicina (Dardeau & Heard, 1983)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Alcock, A. (1901). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala, in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal indian marine survey ship Investigator: 1-286, i-iv, pls. 1-3. Indian Museum, Calcutta. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Parapontocaris Alcock, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415764 on 2024-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z

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2010-09-09 09:49:35Z

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De Grave, Sammy

2011-12-02 06:36:29Z

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Fransen, Charles

2023-02-28 23:25:05Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Alcock, A. (1901). A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala, in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal indian marine survey ship Investigator: 1-286, i-iv, pls. 1-3. Indian Museum, Calcutta. [details]

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]