The marine palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea, Deapoda, Caridea) of the Dutch Caribbean Author Fransen, Charles H. J. M. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-15 5387 1 1 127 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5387.1.1/52482 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5387.1.1 1175-5334 10698994 0AD29F74-D349-4E12-8CA4-310275A847B3 Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000 ( Fig. 68 ) Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000: 101 ( Bonaire ). Material examined . Curaçao : RMNH . CRUS .D.58263: 2 specimens ; stn COA .21, Marie Pampoen , 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W , 01.xi.2013 , depth 35 m , scuba diving, in Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 , collected by S.E. T . van der Meij (photo COA .21 053–083) . RMNH . CRUS .D.58264: 2 specimens ; stn COA .23, Playa Hundu , 12°16′05.80″N 69°07′42.20″W , 07.xi.2013 , depth 12 m , scuba diving, in S. americanus , collected by B . T . Reijnen (photo COA .23 184–194) . FIGURE 68 . Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000 . A, stn CAO.21, Curaçao, Marie Pampoen, 12°05′26.74″N 68°54′17.84″W, 1.xi.2013, depth 35 m, in Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 ; B, male, stn CAO.23, Curaçao, Playa Hundu, 12°16′05.80″N 69°07′42.20″W, 7.xi.2013, depth 12 m, from S. americanus ; C, ovigerous female, same locality as B. (Photographs by C.H.J.M. Fransen.) Ecology . Symbiont of various large bivalve mollusk species: Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Chlamys mildredae Bayer, 1941 ; S. americanus (see Fransen 2002 ); S. gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758 ; S. senegalensis Schreibers, 1793 ; Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) ; and Chlamys mildredae Bayer, 1941 ( Fransen 2002 ; Tavares et al . 2017 ). Distribution . Amphi-Atlantic. In the western Atlantic it has been recorded from: North Carolina southwards to Maranhão , Banco Vitória, Espírito Santo and Trindade Island, Brazil . In the eastern Atlantic the species has been recorded from the Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands. The species occurs in depths between 5 and 70 m ( Fransen 2002 ; Tavares et al . 2017 ; Poupin 2018 ). The species is now recorded for the first time from Curaçao .