WoRMS name details
Pontonides sympathes De Ridder & Holthuis, 1979
588088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:588088)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Type locality contained in Eastern Galapagos Islands
type locality contained in Eastern Galapagos Islands [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Pontonides sympathes De Ridder & Holthuis, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588088 on 2026-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
De Ridder, C.; Holthuis, L.B. (1979). <i>Pontonides sympathes</i>, a new species of commensal shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pontoniinae) from Antipatharia in the Galapagos Islands. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 54: 101-110. [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
