Taxonomic position of Pontonides sympathes De Ridder & Holthuis and species of the genus Ve l e r o n i a Holthuis (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) with the description of a new genus Author Marin, Ivan text Zootaxa 2008 1932 1 17 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184880 f1e49451-9741-41f8-9942-1a9396c1a63c 1175-5326 184880 Pseudoveleronia laevifrons ( Holthuis, 1951 ) comb. nov. ( Figs. 10–12 ) Veleronia serratifrons Holthuis, 1951 : 199 , pls. 63, figs. f–m [ type locality: Bahia de Gardner, Galapagos] Material. — Paratypes (3 ovigerous females, 2 male ), Gardner Bay, Hood Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 26.i.1933 , Allan Hancock Expedition; 2 ovigerous females and 1 male , Punta Vicente Roca, Isabella, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador , 2-10 m , on Muricea sp., 8.ii.1975 , coll. De Ridder; 4 females and 2 males ( RMNH D 36492), Punta Cormoran, Isla Floreana, Galapagos, 21.iii.1976 , on Muricea fruticosa , coll. De Ridder; 5 ovigerous female, 5 males ( RMNH D36498) - Isla de Rabida, Galapagos, 11.iii.1976 , coll. De Ridder. FIGURE 10. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov. , ovigerous female, general view. Scale 1 mm. FIGURE 11. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov. , ovigerous female (A–E), ovigerous female (F), juvenile female (G). A–B, F–G, carapace. C, eyes. D, antenulla. E, scaphocerite. Scale 1 mm. FIGURE 12. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov. , ovigerous female. A, mandible. B, maxillula. C, maxilla. D, maxilliped I. E, maxilliped II. F, maxilliped III. Scale 1 mm.. FIGURE 13. Pseudoveleronia laevifrons (Holthuis, 1951) comb. nov. , ovigerous female (A–G), male (H, I). A, pereiopod I. B, pereiopod I, chela. C–D, H, pereiopod II. E, fingers of pereiopod II. G, exopod of uropod. I, appendix masculina. Remarks. — Orbits of all specimens are completely closed. Lateral margin of orbits feebly projected in small specimens (females and males), whilst significantly projected into a distinct carina, covering eyes at about 1/3 of its diameter in large ovigerous females. Distribution. — Known from the Galapagos Islands and the Gulf of California; shallow waters, associated with gorgonarians of the genus Muricea (see Holthuis 1951 ; De Ridder 1980 ; Wicksten & Hendrickx 1985 ).