Mesopontonia monodactylus

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Mesopontonia monodactylus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Mesopontonia
Species:
M. monodactylus
Binomial name
Mesopontonia monodactylus
Bruce, 1991

Mesopontonia monodactylus is a species of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae that was first described in 1991. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Mesopotonia monodactylus Bruce, 1991. ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Orrell T. (custodian), 2011-04-26
  2. Chace, Fenner A., Jr., and A. J. Bruce (1993) The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, pt. 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 543