Pliopontonia furtiva Bruce 1973

Pliopontonia furtiva Bruce, 1973

Pliopontonia furtiva Bruce, 1973b:99, figs. 1–5, pl. 1 [type locality: Ras Iwetine, Mombasa, Kenya; 4°00.55'S,39°44.17′E; associated with actinodiscid Rhodactis rhodostoma in 1 meter]; 1981e:22.—Bruce and Svoboda, 1984:97, fig. 7.—Fransen, 1989:144, fig. 8.

DIAGNOSIS.—Characters of genus; postorbital carapace length 4.8 mm.

RANGE.—See “Range” of genus.

*Pontonia Latreille, 1829

Alciope Rafinesque, 1814:24 [type species, by monotypy: Alciope heterochelus Rafinesque, 1814:24 (= Pontonia flavomaculata Heller, 1864:51); gender: masculine; name suppressed by plenary action of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 522 (1958)].

Pontonia Latreille, 1829:96 [type species, designated by plenary action of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 378 (1956): Palaemon pinnophylax Otto, 1821:12; gender: feminine].

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum usually flattened dorsally, armed dorsally only near tip, if at all, often expanded laterally into supraocular eave; carapace depressed, dorsal profile slightly convex, dorsally unarmed, anterior margin usually produced anteriorly, without longitudinal branchiostegal suture, with or without antennal spine, orbital margin not clearly interrupted posteriorly; abdomen with pleuron of 5th somite rounded, not acute; telson not curving ventrad, posterior margin not incised, median and submedian spines not curving ventrad, dorsolateral spines variable; antennal scale well developed; mandible with palp; 3rd maxilliped with exopod; 4th thoracic sternite without slender median process; 1st pereopod with carpus entire, not subdivided; 2nd pereopods similar and subequal or not; chelae not borne in vertical plane, movable finger not ventrad, fingers not provided with socket and plunger closure, movable finger normal, not semicircular; 3rd pereopod composed of 7 segments, merus and ischium not fused, dactyl not bearing hoof-shaped protuberance, usually biunguiculate or multiunguiculate; uropod with lateral branch usually bearing 1 mobile lateral spine.

RANGE.—Pantropical and warm temperate waters; living in mollusks and ascidians.