Pseudopontonides principis Wire Coral Shrimp

Pseudopontonides principis is commonly referred to as Wire Coral Shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18653 

AphiaID:

514764 

Scientific:

Pseudopontonides principis 

German:

Drahtkorallen Garnele 

English:

Wire Coral Shrimp 

Category:

Shrimps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Pseudopontonides (Genus) > principis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Criales, ), 1980 

Occurrence:

Bonaire, Brazil, Columbia, Curacao, Gulf of Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, the Caribbean 

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:

0 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,3cm - 1,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Mucus, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pseudopontonides principis
  Drahtkorallen Garnele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-10-01 15:57:16 

Last edit:

2026-10-01 16:23:10 

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