Pontonia pinnophylax Fan-shell associated shrimp

Pontonia pinnophylax is commonly referred to as Fan-shell associated shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1124 

AphiaID:

107637 

Scientific:

Pontonia pinnophylax 

German:

Wächtergarnele Steckmuschelgarnele 

English:

Fan-shell Associated Shrimp 

Category:

Garnalen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Pontonia (Genus) > pinnophylax (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Otto, ), 1821 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Congo, Italy, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

4 - 32 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3,75 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Living Food, No reliable information available, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pontonia anachoreta
• Pontonia ardeae
• Pontonia ascidicola
• Pontonia californiensis
• Pontonia chimaera
• Pontonia domestica
• Pontonia flavomaculata
• Pontonia hurii
• Pontonia katoi
• Pontonia longispina
• 
  Pontonia manningi
  Atlantische Perlauster-Garnele
• Pontonia margarita
• Pontonia medipacifica
• Pontonia mexicana
• Pontonia minuta
• Pontonia miserabilis
• Pontonia monnioti
• Pontonia okai
• Pontonia pinnae
• 
  Pontonia pinnophylax
  Wächtergarnele Steckmuschelgarnele
• Pontonia pusilla
• Pontonia quasipusilla
• Pontonia sibogae
• Pontonia simplex
• Pontonia spighti
• Pontonia stylirostris
• Pontonia unidens
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-10-23 01:02:13 

Last edit:

2025-03-31 19:52:43 

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