Parapontocaris caribbaea ( Boone, 1927 )

Rodríguez-Quintal, Bladimir & Lira, Carlos, 2025, A review of deep-sea shrimps (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata and Caridea) with four new records for Venezuela, Zootaxa 5583 (3), pp. 401-436 : 425

Parapontocaris caribbaea ( Boone, 1927)

Aegeon caribbaeus Boone, 1927: 125 .

Parapontocaris caribbaea — Cruz et al. 2002: 189, Figs. 1a, b .

Pontocaris caribbaea — Dardeau & Heard Jr. 1983: 10; Blanco Rambla et al. 1994: 41, Fig. 9.

Material examined. None.

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Bahamas, Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Honduras, Colombia, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro): 251–885 m depth ( Cardoso et al. 2020).

Remarks. In Venezuela this species has been collected off La Guaira state and off Los Testigos Archipelago, between 269 and 316 m depth ( Blanco Rambla et al. 1994).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Plesionika longicauda: a) male (9.68 mm CL) 17 miles NE Orinoco Delta, 10°25’00”N 64°35’00”W, (MMM- Crus-261). b) specimen from Chichiriviche de la Costa, La Guaira, 60 m. Photography Humberto Ramirez.