Mesopontonia gorgoniophila
| Mesopontonia gorgoniophila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Mesopontonia |
| Species: | M. gorgoniophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesopontonia gorgoniophila Bruce, 1967
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Mesopontonia gorgoniophila is a species of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae that was first described in 1967 by Alexander James Bruce.[1][2] The specific name, gorgoniophila, describes the species as being a lover of gorgonians, given because it is found amongst gorgonian corals.
It is found associated with gorgonian corals, at depths of 117–270 m, in the South China Sea and off the Queensland coast on continental shelves and on continental slopes.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mesopontonia gorgoniophila Bruce, 1967". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ A J Bruce (1967). "Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae III-IX descriptions of some new genera and species from the Western Indian Ocean and the South China Sea". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 87 (1): 1-73 [13]. ISSN 0024-1652. Wikidata Q93259100.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Mesopontonia gorgoniophila". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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