African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pontocaris Spence Bate, 1888

AfReMaS taxon details

Pontocaris Spence Bate, 1888

AphiaID

206928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206928)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Crangonidae Haworth, 1825

Original name

Pontocaris Spence Bate, 1888

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Species Pontocaris pennata Spence Bate, 1888
Species Pontocaris cataphracta (Olivi, 1792) accepted as Aegaeon cataphracta (Olivi, 1792) accepted as Aegaeon cataphractus (Olivi, 1792) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pontocaris lacazei (Gourret, 1887) accepted as Aegaeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pontocaris Spence Bate, 1888. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206928 on 2026-05-31

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. Pontocaris Spence Bate, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206928 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-09 09:49:35Z

checked

De Grave, Sammy

2011-12-02 06:36:29Z

changed

Fransen, Charles

2023-03-02 03:20:44Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2025-01-10 18:18:01Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology. 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details]

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]

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Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontocaris)
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