ITIS Standard Report Page: Pontoniinae

Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 612160

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Subfamily
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2002

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artr�pode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Crustacea Br�nnich, 1772 – crustac�s, crust�ceo, crustaceans
	Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
	Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
	Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904 – camar�o, caranguejo, ermit�o, lagosta, siri
	Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, �crevisses, homards
	Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
	Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852
	Superfamily	Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
	Family	Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815
	Subfamily	Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1878
		Direct Children:
	Genus	Allopontia Bruce, 1972
	Genus	Altopontonia Bruce, 1990
	Genus	Amphipontonia Bruce, 1991
	Genus	Anapontonia Bruce, 1966
	Genus	Anchistus Borradaile, 1898
	Genus	Apopontonia Bruce, 1976
	Genus	Araiopontonia Fujino and Miyake, 1970
	Genus	Balssia Kemp, 1922
	Genus	Carinopontonia Bruce, 1988
	Genus	Chacella Bruce, 1986
	Genus	Chernocaris Johnson, 1967
	Genus	Conchodytes Peters, 1852
	Genus	Coralliocaris Stimpson, 1860
	Genus	Coutierea Nobili, 1901
	Genus	Ctenopontonia Bruce, 1979
	Genus	Dasella Lebour, 1945
	Genus	Dasycaris Kemp, 1922
	Genus	Diapontonia Bruce, 1986
	Genus	Epipontonia Bruce, 1977
	Genus	Eupontonia Bruce, 1971
	Genus	Exopontonia Bruce, 1988
	Genus	Fennera Holthuis, 1951
	Genus	Hamiger Borradaile, 1916
	Genus	Hamodactyloides Fujino, 1973
	Genus	Hamodactylus Holthuis, 1952
	Genus	Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970
	Genus	Harpiliopsis Borradaile, 1917
	Genus	Ischnopontonia Bruce, 1966
	Genus	Isopontonia Bruce, 1982
	Genus	Jocaste Holthuis, 1952
	Genus	Lipkebe Chace, 1969
	Genus	Mesopotonia Bruce, 1967
	Genus	Metapotonia Bruce, 1967
	Genus	Miopotonia Bruce, 1985
	Genus	Neoanchistus Bruce, 1975
	Genus	Neopontonides Holthuis, 1951
	Genus	Notopontonia Bruce, 1991
	Genus	Onycocaridella Bruce, 1981
	Genus	Onycocaridites Bruce, 1987
	Genus	Onycocaris Nobili, 1904
	Genus	Orthopontonia Bruce, 1982
	Genus	Palaemonella Dana, 1852
	Genus	Paraclimenaeus Bruce, 1988
	Genus	Paranchistus Holthuis, 1952
	Genus	Parapontonia Bruce, 1968
	Genus	Paratypton Balss, 1914
	Genus	Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915
	Genus	Periclimenes Costa, 1844
	Genus	Pericliminoides Bruce, 1990
	Genus	Philarius Holthuis, 1952
	Genus	Platycaris Holthuis, 1952
	Genus	Platypontonia Bruce, 1968
	Genus	Plesiopontonia Bruce, 1985
	Genus	Pliopontonia Bruce, 1973
	Genus	Pontonia Latreille, 1829
	Genus	Pontonides Borradaile, 1917
	Genus	Pontoniopsis Borradaile, 1915
	Genus	Propontonia Bruce, 1969
	Genus	Pseudocoutierea Holthuis, 1951
	Genus	Pseudopontonides Heard, 1986
	Genus	Stegopontonia Nobili, 1906
	Genus	Tectopontonia Bruce, 1973
	Genus	Thaumastocaris Kemp, 1922
	Genus	Tuleariocaris Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1965
	Genus	Typton O. G. Costa, 1844
	Genus	Veleronia Holthuis, 1951
	Genus	Veleroniopsis Gore, 1981
	Genus	Vir Holthuis, 1952
	Genus	Waldola Holthuis, 1951
	Genus	Zenopontonia Bruce, 1975

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Brian Kensley
	Notes:	National Museum of Natural History 10th and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20560, USA
	Reference for:	Pontoniinae

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	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
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pontoniinae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nizinski, Martha S.
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:	Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 116, no. 1
	Page(s):	96-157
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0006-324X
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pontoniinae

Geographic Information


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