African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Allopontonia Bruce, 1972

AphiaID

204926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204926)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Allopontonia iaini Bruce, 1972 accepted as Allopontonia brockii (De Man, 1888) (type by original designation)

Parent

Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Allopontonia Bruce, 1972

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Species Allopontonia brockii (De Man, 1888)
Species Allopontonia iaini Bruce, 1972 accepted as Allopontonia brockii (De Man, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bruce, A.J. (1972). Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae. XIX. Allopontonia iani gen nov., sp. nov., a new echinoid associate from Zanzibar. Crustaceana. 22: 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854072x00633 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Allopontonia Bruce, 1972. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204926 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Allopontonia Bruce, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204926 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 06:52:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-09 09:49:35Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2011-11-16 07:41:13Z

changed

Fransen, Charles

2016-08-27 15:08:38Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2021-10-29 18:05:38Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Bruce, A.J. (1972). Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae. XIX. Allopontonia iani gen nov., sp. nov., a new echinoid associate from Zanzibar. Crustaceana. 22: 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854072x00633 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Definitions

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