Pontonides ankeri Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp, Barred Wire Coral Shrimp

Pontonides ankeri is commonly referred to as Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp, Barred Wire Coral Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5668 

AphiaID:

514756 

Scientific:

Pontonides ankeri 

German:

Ankers Drahtkorallen Garnele 

English:

Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp, Barred Wire Coral Shrimp 

Category:

Reker 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Pontonides (Genus) > ankeri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Marin, 2007 

Occurrence:

Australia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Lombok, Marquesas Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Réunion , Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 42 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 

Temperature:

76.46 °F - 84.2 °F (24.7°C - 29°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pontonides maldivensis
  Malediven Pontonides, Schwarze Kelchkorallen Pontonides, Tubastrea Garnele
• 
  Pontonides unciger
  Drahtkorallen-Garnele, Schwarzkorallen-Partnergarnele

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pontonides ankeri
  Ankers Drahtkorallen Garnele
• 
  Pontonides loloata
  Drahtkorallen-Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-06-26 00:28:11 

Last edit:

2023-11-12 20:07:05 

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