WoRMS name details
Pontophilus abyssi Smith, 1884
158372 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158372)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Smith, S.I. (1884). Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. In: Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Part X. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington D.C., pp. 345-426, pls. 1-10. [details] 
Distribution off Virginia
Distribution off Virginia [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pontophilus abyssi Smith, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158372 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, S.I. (1884). Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. In: Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Part X. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington D.C., pp. 345-426, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Markham, J. C. (1979) A new genus and species of bopyrid isopod infesting the crangonid shrimp Pontophilus abyssi Smith in deep water of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(4): 769-772 . [details] Available for editors
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additional source Markham, J. C. (1979) A new genus and species of bopyrid isopod infesting the crangonid shrimp Pontophilus abyssi Smith in deep water of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(4): 769-772 . [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution off Virginia [details]
