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Checklist for Family Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Palaemonid Shrimps)
and region Lesser Antilles (Antilles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
115
257
382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
115
257
382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
78
198
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
78
198
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
71
182
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
16
39
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Palaemonoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
15
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPalaemonidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Palaemonid Shrimps
14
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Lesser Antilles
14 Genera with 29 Species
Brachycarpus Bate, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Cuapetes Clark, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Gnathophylloides Schmitt, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Gnathophyllum Latreille, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Leander E. Desmarest, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Macrobrachium Bate, 1862Long-clawed freshwater prawns8SpeciesTaxom
Neopontonides Holthuis, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Palaemon Weber, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Periclimenes Costa, 1891anemone shrimps6SpeciesTaxom
Pontonia Latreille, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopontonides Heard, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Rapipontonia Marin, 19511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lesser Antilles
29 Species
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus Lucas, 1846Two Claw Shrimp
Brachycarpus savignyi (Spence Bate, 1888)⇒ Brachycarpus biunguiculatus Lucas, 1846
Cuapetes americanus Kingsley, 1878American grass shrimp
Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933Dwarf Urchin Shrimp
Gnathophyllum circellum Manning, 1963Circled Bumblebee Shrimp
Leander tenuicornis Say, 1818Brown glass shrimp
Macrobrachium acanthurus Wiegmann, 1836Cinnamon river shrimp
Macrobrachium aracamuni Rodríguez, 1982
Macrobrachium carcinus Linnaeus, 1758Bigclaw river shrimp
Macrobrachium cortezi Rodríguez, 1982
Macrobrachium faustinum de Saussure, 1857
Macrobrachium heterochirus Wiegmann, 1836Cascade river prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man, 1879Blue lobster
Macrobrachium scabriculum Heller, 1862Goda River prawn
Neopontonides chacei Heard, 1986
Palaemon (Eupalaemon) macrobrachium
Palaemon faustinus (de Saussure, 1857)⇒ Macrobrachium faustinum de Saussure, 1857
Palaemon pandaliformis Stimpson, 1871American Grass Shrimp
Periclimenaeus caraibicus Holthuis, 1951Clustered pellitory
Periclimenes americanus (Kingsley, 1878)⇒ Cuapetes americanus Kingsley, 1878
Periclimenes bowmani Chace, 1972
Periclimenes finlayi Chace, 1972
Periclimenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)⇒ Psalidopus barbouri Chace, 1939
Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924Sun Anemone Shrimp
Periclimenes yucatanicus Ives, 1891Spotted cleaner shrimp
Pontonia mexicana Guérin-Ménev..., 1855Caribbean pen shrimp
Pseudopalaemon amazonensis Ramos-Porto, 1979
Pseudopontonides plumosus Snijders & F..., 2010
Rapipontonia platalea Holthuis, 1951Gorgonian Shrimp

Subnodes of Palaemonidae with occurrences in Lesser Antilles
SubfamilyPalaemoninae
Rafinesque, 1815
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPontoniinae
Kingsley, 1878
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaemonidae at artfakta.se
Palaemonidae at biodiversity.org.au
Palaemonidae at dyntaxa.se
Palaemonidae at gbif.org
Palaemonidae at irmng.org
Palaemonidae at itis.gov
Palaemonidae at marinespecies.org