Mesopontonia is a genus of shrimp belonging to the palaemoniid subfamily Pontoniinae.[1] It was first described in 1967 by Alexander James Bruce.[1][2]

Mesopontonia
Mesopontonia verrucimanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Mesopontonia
Bruce, 1967
Type species
Mesopontonia gorgoniophila
Bruce, 1967

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967".
  2. ^ 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. ISSN 0024-1652. Wikidata Q93259100.