Pontonia mexicana Guérin-Méneville, 1855

Anker, Sammy De Grave and Arthur, 2017, An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama, Nauplius (e 2017015) 25, pp. 1-40 : 30-31

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017015
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scientific name	Pontonia mexicana Guérin-Méneville, 1855
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Pontonia mexicana Guérin-Méneville, 1855 View in CoL

Material examined. Bocas del Toro. 2 spec. , Cayo

Coral (Coral Cay), near restaurant, 09°14.502’N 082°08.288’W, in Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791 , 1 m, leg. A. Anker, 11.08.2008, OUMNH. ZC GoogleMaps .2008-14-062.

Remarks. Widely distributed in the western Atlantic, ranging from Florida southwards to Ilha de Trindade, Brazil ( Fransen, 2002; Tavares et al., 2017); inhabiting several species of large bivalves, 0–2 m; first record for Panama.