Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Diapontonia

Diapontonia maranulus Bruce, 1986

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World Distribution
Fransen (2014, Zootaxa) - Bahamian region, at a depth of 240–309 m and Curaçao, depths of 220 m and 214 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with echinoderms

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 214-309 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, IOV (Bonaire, Curaçao). 214-220 m. WA.
Diapontonia maranulus - Fransen, 2014: 591, Curaçao, 214-220 m, with an asterostomatoid echinoid host, Paleopneustes tholoformis Chesher, 1968, from CURASUB submersible. - Meij et al. 2014: 5, Curaçao [CURASUB submersible]. - Horká et al., 2016: supplementary table S1, Curaçao. - Olthof et al., 2018: 537, Bonaire, Curaçao [Curasub submersible].

Diapontonia maranulus - Fransen, 2023, Zootaxa: 19, Bonaire, Curaçao [Associated with regular sea urchins, Paleopneustes tholoformis Chesher, 1968 (Fransen 2014)].

Comment(s) on data
Commensal with with an asterostomatoid echinoid host, Paleopneustes tholoformis Chesher, 1968.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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