| Palaemonidae | |
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| Periclimenes pedersoni, a cleaner shrimp of the Pontoniinae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Palaemonoidea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Two subfamilies are distinguished: Palaemoninae and Pontoniinae. The Palaemoninae are mainly carnivores that eat small invertebrates and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the deep sea. The most significant palaemonine genus is Macrobrachium, which contains commercial species such as Macrobrachium rosenbergii. The Pontoniinae inhabit coral reefs, where they associate with certain invertebrates such as sponges, cnidarians, mollusks and echinoderms. This group includes cleaner shrimps as well as parasites and commensals. They generally feed on detritus, though some are carnivores and hunt tiny animals.
Genera [edit]
The family contains more than 950 species in 137 genera,[1][2] divided unevenly between two subfamilies:[3][4]
- Palaemoninae Rafinesque, 1815
- Alburnia † Bravi & Garassino, 1998
- Arachnochium Wowor & Ng, 2010
- Bechleja † Houša, 1957
- Beurlenia † Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991
- Brachycarpus Spence Bate, 1888
- Coutierella Sollaud, 1914
- Creaseria Holthuis, 1950
- Cryphiops Dana, 1852
- Exopalaemon Holthuis, 1950
- Leander E. Desmarest, 1849
- Leandrites Holthuis, 1950
- Leptocarpus Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium Bate, 1868
- Micropsalis † von Meyer, 1859
- Nematopalaemon Holthuis, 1950
- Neopalaemon Hobbs, 1973
- Palaemon Weber, 1795
- Palaemonetes Heller, 1869
- Propalaemon † Woodward, 1903
- Pseudocaridinella † Martins-Neto & Mezzalira, 1991
- Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911
- Rhopalaemon Ashelby & De Grave, 2010
- Schmelingia † Schweigert, 2002
- Tenuipedium Wowor & Ng, 2010
- Troglindicus Sankolli & Shenoy, 1979
- Troglocubanus Holthuis, 1949
- Troglomexicanus Villalobos, Alvarez & Iliffe, 1999
- Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915
- Yongjiacaris † Garassino, Shen, Schram & Taylor, 2002
- Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1879
- Allopontonia Bruce, 1972
- Altopontonia Bruce, 1990
- Amphipontonia Bruce, 1991
- Anapontonia Bruce, 1966
- Anchiopontonia Bruce, 1992
- Anchistus Borradaile, 1898
- Ancylomenes Okuno & Bruce, 2010
- Anisomenaeus Bruce, 2010
- Apopontonia Bruce, 1976
- Araiopontonia Fujino & Miyake, 1970
- Ascidonia Fransen, 2002
- Balssia Kemp, 1922
- Blepharocaris Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2007
- Brucecaris Marin & Chan, 2006
- Bruceonia Fransen, 2002
- Cainonia Bruce, 2005
- Carinopontonia Bruce, 1988
- Chacella Bruce, 1986
- Chernocaris Johnson, 1967
- Climeniperaeus Bruce, 1995
- Colemonia Bruce, 2005
- Conchodytes Peters, 1852
- Coralliocaris Stimpson, 1860
- Coutierea Nobili, 1901
- Crinotonia Marin, 2006
- Ctenopontonia Bruce, 1979
- Cuapetes Clark, 1919
- Dactylonia Fransen, 2002
- Dasella Lebour, 1945
- Dasycaris Kemp, 1922
- Diapontonia Bruce, 1986
- Epipontonia Bruce, 1977
- Eupontonia Bruce, 1971
- Exoclimenella Bruce, 1995
- Exopontonia Bruce, 1988
- Fennera Holthuis, 1951
- Hamiger Borradaile, 1916
- Hamodactyloides Fujino, 1973
- Hamodactylus Holthuis, 1952
- Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970
- Harpiliopsis Borradaile, 1917
- Harpilius Dana, 1852
- Holthuisaeus Anker & De Grave, 2010
- Ischnopontonia Bruce, 1966
- Isopontonia Bruce, 1982
- Izucaris Okuno, 1999
- Jocaste Holthuis, 1952
- Laomenes Clark, 1919
- Leptomenaeus Bruce, 2007
- Lipkebe Chace, 1969
- Lipkemenes Bruce & Okuno, 2010
- Manipontonia Bruce, Okuno & Li, 2005
- Margitonia Bruce, 2007
- Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967
- Metapontonia Bruce, 1967
- Miopontonia Bruce, 1985
- Neoanchistus Bruce, 1975
- Neoclimenes Mitsuhashi, Li & Chan, 2010
- Neopericlimenes Heard, Spotte & Bubucis, 1993
- Neopontonides Holthuis, 1951
- Nippontonia Bruce & Bauer, 1997
- Notopontonia Bruce, 1991
- Odontonia Fransen, 2002
- Onycocaridella Bruce, 1981
- Onycocaridites Bruce, 1987
- Onycocaris Nobili, 1904
- Onycomenes Bruce, 2009
- Orthopontonia Bruce, 1982
- Palaemonella Dana, 1852
- Paraclimenaeus Bruce, 1988
- Paraclimenes Bruce, 1995
- Paranchistus Holthuis, 1952
- Paratypton Balss, 1914
- Patonia Mitsuhashi & Chan, 2006
- Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915
- Periclimenella Bruce, 1995
- Periclimenes O. G. Costa, 1844
- Periclimenoides Bruce, 1990
- Philarius Holthuis, 1952
- Phycomenes Bruce, 2008
- Pinnotheronia Marin & Paulay, 2010
- Platycaris Holthuis, 1952
- Platypontonia Bruce, 1968
- Plesiomenaeus Bruce, 2009
- Plesiopontonia Bruce, 1985
- Pliopontonia Bruce, 1973
- Pontonia Latreille, 1829
- Pontonides Borradaile, 1917
- Pontoniopsides Bruce, 2005
- Pontoniopsis Borradaile, 1915
- Poripontonia Fransen, 2003
- Propontonia Bruce, 1969
- Pseudoclimenes Bruce, 2008
- Pseudocoutierea Holthuis, 1951
- Pseudopontonia Bruce, 1992
- Pseudopontonides Heard, 1986
- Pseudoveleronia Marin, 2008
- Rapipontonia Marin, 2007
- Rostronia Fransen, 2002
- Sandimenes Li, 2009
- Sandyella Marin, 2009
- Stegopontonia Nobili, 1906
- Tectopontonia Bruce, 1973
- Thaumastocaris Kemp, 1922
- Tuleariocaris Hipeau-Jacquotte, 1965
- Typton O. G. Costa, 1844
- Typtonoides Bruce, 2010
- Typtonychus Bruce, 1996
- Unguicaris Marin & Chan, 2006
- Urocaris Stimpson, 1860
- Veleronia Holthuis, 1951
- Veleroniopsis Gore, 1981
- Vir Holthuis, 1952
- Waldola Holthuis, 1951
- Yemenicaris Bruce, 1997
- Zenopontonia Bruce, 1975
References [edit]
- ^ Shane T. Ahyong, James K. Lowry, Miguel Alonso, Roger N. Bamber, Geoffrey A. Boxshall, Peter Castro, Sarah Gerken, Gordan S. Karaman, Joseph W. Goy, Diana S. Jones, Kenneth Meland, D. Christopher Rogers & Jörundur Svavarsson (2011). Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 (PDF). In Z.-Q. Zhang. "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa 3148: 165–191.
- ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ^ Sammy De Grave (2012). "Palaemoninae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ Charles Fransen & Sammy De Grave (2012). "Pontoniinae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
External links [edit]
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