Rapipontonia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Palaemonoidea

Familia: Palaemonidae
Subfamilia: Pontoniinae
Genus: Rapipontonia
Species: R. galene – R. hydra – R. paragalene – R. platalea

[list of species after Marin (2009)]
Name

Rapipontonia Marin, 2007
Gender

feminine
Type species

Rapipontonia paragalene Marin, 2007, by original designation

References

Marin, I. 2007: A new genus and species of pontoniine shrimps (Caridea: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae) associated with plumularid hydroids (Hydroidea, Plumularidae) in Vietnam. Zoosystema, 29: 775–786. PDF
Marin, I. 2009: A review of the pontoniine shrimp genus Rapipontonia Marin, 2007 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae), with the description of a new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 2289: 1–17. Abstract & excerpt