Odontonia plurellicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Palaemonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Palaemonoidea

Familia: Palaemonidae
Genus: Odontonia
Species: Odontonia plurellicola

Name

Odontonia plurellicola de Gier & Fransen, 2018

ZooBank: CEB25096-4C73-48F3-B4CE-7A207E890B4A
Holotype: 1 ovigerous female, PoCL 1.55 mm (MZB Cru 4734)
Type locality: Tarau, W Halmahera, Ternate, Indonesia, 0°50'30"N, 127°22'38.5"E, shallow area with coral followed by sandy slope with coral gardens, 9 m depth, scuba diving, 2-11-2009; in ascidian Plurella sp. (Asc. 68), leg. C.H.J.M. Fransen
Etymology: refers to the colonial ascidian genus name Plurella Kott, 1973 in which it was found.

References

  • de Gier, W. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2018. Odontonia plurellicola sp. n. and Odontonia bagginsi sp. n., two new ascidian-associated shrimp from Ternate and Tidore, Indonesia, with a phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae). ZooKeys 765: 123–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.765.25277. Reference page. 
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