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Palaemonidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 96213

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Gnathophyllidae Dana, 1852
  
    Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1879
  
    Palaemoninae Rafinesque, 1815
  
    Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915
  
    Hymenoceridae Ortmann, 1890
  
    Kakaducarididae Bruce, 1993
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarăo, caranguejo, ermităo, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderCaridea Dana, 1852  
                                        SuperfamilyPalaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                           FamilyPalaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Genus Actinimenes Duris & Horká, 2017  
                                              Genus Allopontonia Bruce, 1972  
                                              Genus Altopontonia Bruce, 1990  
                                              Genus Amphipontonia Bruce, 1991  
                                              Genus Anapontonia Bruce, 1966  
                                              Genus Anchiopontonia Bruce, 1992  
                                              Genus Anchistioides Paul'son, 1875  
                                              Genus Anchistus Borradaile, 1898  
                                              Genus Ancylocaris Schenkel, 1902  
                                              Genus Ancylomenes Okuno & Bruce, 2010  
                                              Genus Anisomenaeus Bruce, 2010  
                                              Genus Apopontonia Bruce, 1976  
                                              Genus Arachnochium Wowor & Ng, 2010  
                                              Genus Araiopontonia Fujino & Miyake, 1970  
                                              Genus Ascidonia Fransen, 2002  
                                              Genus Balssia Kemp, 1922  
                                              Genus Bathymenes Kou, X. Li & Bruce, 2016  
                                              Genus Blepharocaris Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2007  
                                              Genus Brachycarpus Spence Bate, 1888  
                                              Genus Brucecaris Marin & Chan, 2006  
                                              Genus Bruceonia Fransen, 2002  
                                              Genus Cainonia Bruce, 2005  
                                              Genus Calathaemon Bruce & Short, 1993  
                                              Genus Carinopontonia Bruce, 1988  
                                              Genus Chacella Bruce, 1986  
                                              Genus Climeniperaeus Bruce, 1995  
                                              Genus Colemonia Bruce, 2005  
                                              Genus Conchodytes Peters, 1852  
                                              Genus Coralliocaris Stimpson, 1860  
                                              Genus Coutierea Nobili, 1901  
                                              Genus Creaseria Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Genus Crinotonia Marin, 2006  
                                              Genus Cristimenes Duris & Horká, 2008  
                                              Genus Ctenopontonia Bruce, 1979  
                                              Genus Cuapetes Clark, 1919  
                                              Genus Dactylonia Fransen, 2002  
                                              Genus Dasella Lebour, 1945  
                                              Genus Dasycaris Kemp, 1922  
                                              Genus Diapontonia Bruce, 1986  
                                              Genus Echinopericlimenes Marin & T.-Y. Chan, 2014  
                                              Genus Epipontonia Bruce, 1977  
                                              Genus Eupontonia Bruce, 1971  
                                              Genus Exoclimenella Bruce, 1995  
                                              Genus Exopontonia Bruce, 1988  
                                              Genus Fennera Holthuis, 1951  
                                              Genus Gnathophylleptum d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2001  
                                              Genus Gnathophylloides Schmitt, 1933  
                                              Genus Gnathophyllum Latreille, 1819  
                                              Genus Hamiger Borradaile, 1916  
                                              Genus Hamodactyloides Fujino, 1973  
                                              Genus Hamodactylus Holthuis, 1952  
                                              Genus Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970  
                                              Genus Harpiliopsis Borradaile, 1917  
                                              Genus Harpilius Dana, 1852  
                                              Genus Holthuisaeus Anker & De Grave, 2010  
                                              Genus Hymenocera Latreille, 1819  
                                              Genus Ischnopontonia Bruce, 1966  
                                              Genus Isopontonia Bruce, 1982  
                                              Genus Izucaris Okuno, 1999  
                                              Genus Jocaste Holthuis, 1952  
                                              Genus Kaviengella Sobánová & Duris, 2018  
                                              Genus Laomenes Clark, 1919  
                                              Genus Leander E. Desmarest, 1849  
                                              Genus Leandrites Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Genus Leptocarpus Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Genus Leptomenaeus Bruce, 2007  
                                              Genus Leptopalaemon Bruce & Short, 1993  
                                              Genus Levicaris Bruce, 1973  
                                              Genus Lipkebe Chace, 1969  
                                              Genus Lipkemenes Bruce & Okuno, 2010  
                                              Genus Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868  
                                              Genus Madangella Frolová & Duris, 2018  
                                              Genus Manipontonia Bruce, Okuno & Li, 2005  
                                              Genus Margitonia Bruce, 2007  
                                              Genus Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967  
                                              Genus Metapontonia Bruce, 1967  
                                              Genus Michaelimenes Okuno, 2017  
                                              Genus Miopontonia Bruce, 1985  
                                              Genus Nematopalaemon Holthuis, 1950  
                                              Genus Neoanchistus Bruce, 1975  
                                              Genus Neoclimenes Mitsuhashi, Li & Chan, 2010  
                                              Genus Neopalaemon H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1973  
                                              Genus Neopericlimenes Heard, Spotte & Bubucis, 1993  
                                              Genus Neopontonides Holthuis, 1951  
                                              Genus Nippontonia Bruce & Bauer, 1997  
                                              Genus Notopontonia Bruce, 1991  
                                              Genus Odontonia Fransen, 2002  
                                              Genus Onycocaridella Bruce, 1981  
                                              Genus Onycocaridites Bruce, 1987  
                                              Genus Onycocaris Nobili, 1904  
                                              Genus Onycomenes Bruce, 2009  
                                              Genus Opaepupu Anker & De Grave, 2021  
                                              Genus Orthopontonia Bruce, 1982  
                                              Genus Palaemon Weber, 1795  
                                              Genus Palaemonella Dana, 1852  
                                              Genus Paraclimenaeus Bruce, 1988  
                                              Genus Paraclimenes Bruce, 1995  
                                              Genus Paranchistus Holthuis, 1952  
                                              Genus Paratypton Balss, 1914  
                                              Genus Patonia Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2006  
                                              Genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915  
                                              Genus Periclimenella Bruce, 1995  
                                              Genus Periclimenes O. G. Costa, 1844  
                                              Genus Periclimenoides Bruce, 1990  
                                              Genus Philarius Holthuis, 1952  
                                              Genus Phycomenes Bruce, 2008  
                                              Genus Phyllognathia Borradaile, 1915  
                                              Genus Pinnotherotonia Marin & Paulay, 2010  
                                              Genus Platycaris Holthuis, 1952  
                                              Genus Platypontonia Bruce, 1968  
                                              Genus Plesiomenaeus Bruce, 2009  
                                              Genus Plesiopontonia Bruce, 1985  
                                              Genus Pliopontonia Bruce, 1973  
                                              Genus Pontonia Latreille, 1829  
                                              Genus Pontonides Borradaile, 1917  
                                              Genus Pontoniopsides Bruce, 2005  
                                              Genus Pontoniopsis Borradaile, 1915  
                                              Genus Poripontonia Fransen, 2003  
                                              Genus Propontonia Bruce, 1969  
                                              Genus Pseudoclimenes Bruce, 2008  
                                              Genus Pseudocoutierea Holthuis, 1951  
                                              Genus Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911  
                                              Genus Pseudopontonia Bruce, 1992  
                                              Genus Pseudopontonides Heard, 1986  
                                              Genus Pseudoveleronia Marin, 2008  
                                              Genus Pycnocaris Bruce, 1972  
                                              Genus Rapimenes Duris & Horká, 2008  
                                              Genus Rapipontonia Marin, 2007  
                                              Genus Rhopalaemon Ashelby & De Grave, 2010  
                                              Genus Rostronia Fransen, 2002  
                                              Genus Sandimenes Li, 2009  
                                              Genus Sandyella Marin, 2009  
                                              Genus Stegopontonia Nobili, 1906  
                                              Genus Tectopontonia Bruce, 1973  
                                              Genus Tenuipedium Wowor & Ng, 2010  
                                              Genus Thaumastocaris Kemp, 1922  
                                              Genus Troglindicus Sankolli & Shenoy, 1979  
                                              Genus Troglocubanus Holthuis, 1949  
                                              Genus Troglomexicanus Villalobos, Alvarez & Iliffe, 1999  
                                              Genus Tuleariocaris Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1965  
                                              Genus Typton O. G. Costa, 1844  
                                              Genus Typtonoides Bruce, 2010  
                                              Genus Typtonomenaeus Marin & T.-Y. Chan, 2013  
                                              Genus Typtonychus Bruce, 1996  
                                              Genus Unesconia Anker, 2020  
                                              Genus Unguicaris Marin & Chan, 2006  
                                              Genus Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915  
                                              Genus Urocaris Stimpson, 1860  
                                              Genus Veleronia Holthuis, 1951  
                                              Genus Veleroniopsis Gore, 1981  
                                              Genus Vir Holthuis, 1952  
                                              Genus Waldola Holthuis, 1951  
                                              Genus Yemenicaris Bruce, 1997  
                                              Genus Zenopontonia Bruce, 1975  
                                              Genus Zoukaris Anker & Corbari, 2020  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Brian Kensley  
  Notes: National Museum of Natural History 10th and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20560, USA   
  Reference for: Palaemonidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chace, Fenner A., Jr., and A. J. Bruce  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, pt. 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 543   
  Page(s): vii + 152   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chow, Lai Him, Sammy De Grave, and Ling Ming Tsang  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: The family Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea) is a synonym of Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 based on molecular and morphological evidence   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Crustacean Biology, vol. 40, no. 3   
  Page(s): 277-287   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0278-0372   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and C. H. J. M. Fransen  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the Dendrobranchiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologische Mededelingen, vol. 85, no. 9   
  Page(s): 195-589   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-6519-2004, 0024-0672  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, Charles H. J. M. Fransen, and Timothy J. Page  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Let's be pals again: major systematic changes in Palaemonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PeerJ, vol. 3, e1167   
  Page(s): 1-21   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 2689-7733   
  Notes: doi: 10.7717/peerj.1167   
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Page(s): 545   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-64-6, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Palaemonidae   
       

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