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Palaemonidae

Synonyms: Anchistioididae; Gnathophyllidae; Hymenoceridae; Kakaducarididae; Palaemoninae

Wikipedia Abstract

Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Two subfamilies are distinguished: Palaemoninae and Pontoniinae. Palaemoninae are mainly carnivores that eat small invertebrates and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the deep sea. The most significant genus is Macrobrachium, which contains commercially fished species. Pontoniinae inhabit coral reefs, where they associate with certain invertebrates such as sponges, cnidarians, mollusks and echinoderms as cleaner shrimps, parasites, or commensals. They generally feed on detritus, though some are carnivores and hunt tiny animals.
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Genus

Actinimenes (4)
Alburnia (1)
Allopontonia (2)
Altopontonia (1)
Amphipontonia (2)
Anapontonia (1)
Anchiopontonia (1)
Anchistioides (4)
Anchistus (7)
Ancylocaris (1)
Ancylomenes (22)
Anisomenaeus (1)
Apopontonia (1)
Arachnochium (2)   (1)
Araiopontonia (1)
Ascidonia (5)
Bahiacaris (1)
Balssia (3)
Bathymenes (17)
Bavaricaris (1)
Bechleja (5)
Beurlenia (1)
Blepharocaris (1)
Brachycarpus (Largeclaw glass shrimp) (3)
Brucecaris (1)
Bruceonia (1)
Cainonia (1)
Calathaemon (1)   (1)
Carinopontonia (1)
Chacella (1)
Climeniperaeus (3)
Colemonia (1)
Conchodytes (12)
Coralliocaris (11)
Coutierea (1)
Creaseria (1)
Crinotonia (2)
Cristimenes (4)
Cryphiops (6)   (2)
Ctenopontonia (1)
Cuapetes (30)
Dactylonia (8)
Dasella (3)
Dasycaris (5)
Diapontonia (1)
Echinopericlimenes (4)
Epipontonia (4)
Eupontonia (4)
Exoclimenella (4)
Exopontonia (1)
Fennera (2)
Gnathophylleptum (1)
Gnathophylloides (2)
Gnathophyllum (10)
Hamiger (1)
Hamodactyloides (1)
Hamodactylus (6)
Hamopontonia (5)
Harpiliopsis (3)
Harpilius (4)
Holthuisaeus (1)
Homelys (1)
Hymenocera (1)
Ischnopontonia (1)
Isopontonia (1)
Izucaris (2)
Jocaste (3)
Kaviengella (1)
Kellnerius (1)
Laomenes (12)
Leander (Shrimp) (5)
Leandrites (4)
Leptocarpus (3)
Leptomenaeus (2)
Leptopalaemon (5)   (1)
Levicaris (1)
Lipkebe (1)
Lipkemenes (1)
Macrobrachium (Freshwater prawn) (277)   (8)
Madangella (2)
Manipontonia (3)
Margitonia (1)
Mesopontonia (7)
Metapontonia (2)
Michaelimenes (3)
Micropsalis (2)
Miopontonia (1)
Nematopalaemon (5)
Neoanchistus (2)
Neoclimenes (1)
Neopalaemon (1)
Neopericlimenes (1)
Neopontonides (Shrimp) (5)
Nippontonia (4)
Notopontonia (1)
Odontonia (10)
Onycocaridella (6)
Onycocaridites (1)
Onycocaris (23)
Onycomenes (1)
Opaepupu (1)
Orthopontonia (1)
Palaemon (96)   (6)
Palaemonella (Shrimp) (25)
Paraclimenaeus (5)
Paraclimenes (2)
Paranchistus (6)
Parapalaemonetes (1)
Paratypton (1)
Patonia (1)
Periclimenaeus (87)
Periclimenella (3)
Periclimenes (Indo-pacific anemone shrimp) (118)
Periclimenoides (3)
Philarius (10)
Phycomenes (5)
Phyllognathia (2)
Pilopontonia (1)
Pinnotherotonia (1)
Platycaris (1)
Platypontonia (2)
Plesiomenaeus (1)
Plesiopontonia (1)
Pliopontonia (2)
Pontonia (Common watchman shrimp) (11)
Pontonides (7)
Pontoniopsides (1)
Pontoniopsis (1)
Poripontonia (2)
Propalaemon (2)
Propontonia (1)
Pseudocaridinella (1)
Pseudoclimenes (1)
Pseudocoutierea (8)
Pseudopalaemon (7)
Pseudopontonia (1)
Pseudopontonides (2)
Pseudoveleronia (1)
Pycnocaris (1)
Rapimenes (3)
Rapipontonia (4)
Rhopalaemon (1)
Rostronia (1)
Sandimenes (2)
Sandyella (1)
Schmelingia (1)
Stegopontonia (1)
Tectopontonia (1)
Tenuipedium (1)
Thaumastocaris (1)
Troglindicus (1)
Troglocubanus (5)
Troglomexicanus (3)
Tuleariocaris (4)
Typton (23)
Typtonoides (2)
Typtonomenaeus (1)
Typtonychus (6)
Unesconia (1)
Unguicaris (4)
Urocaridella (8)
Urocaris (1)
Veleronia (2)
Veleroniopsis (1)
Vir (6)
Waldola (1)
Yemenicaris (1)
Yongjicaris (1)
Zenopontonia (3)
Zoukaris (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0