Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Pontoniinae for Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)

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Checklist for Subfamily Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1878
and region Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	102 222 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	102 222 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	55 131 194	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	54 129 192	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	48 115 173	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852 Caridean shrimps	9 13 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 Palaemonid Shrimps	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1878	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Point
2 Genera with 4 Species

Periclimenes Costa, 1878	anemone shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Pontonia Latreille, 1869		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Point
4 Species

Periclimenes americanus (Kingsley, 1878)	⇒ Cuapetes americanus Kingsley, 1878
Pontonia domestica Gibbes, 1850	Atlantic pen shrimp
Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000	Atlantic pearl oyster shrimp
Pontonia margarita Verrill, 1869	Pearl oyster shrimp

Links, sources and further information

Pontoniinae at gbif.org
Pontoniinae at marinespecies.org