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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Neopontonides

Neopontonides chacei Heard, 1986

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World Distribution
(Fransen, 2023 - Zootaxa) - Distributed in the tropical northwestern Atlantic from Florida southwards to Belize and the Caribbean coast of Panama in depths between 1 and 10 m (De Grave & Anker 2017). The species is herein recorded for the first time from Curaçao and Bonaire.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-10 m

Lesser Antilles data
Neopontonides chacei - Spotte et al, 1995: tab. 1, Guana Is., British VGI [In association with Gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791)]. - Fransen, 2023, Zootaxa: 24, Curaçao, Bonaire [Associated with gorgonarians of the genera Antilligorgia, Leptogorgia, Elisella].

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database