title: A new species of the pontoniine shrimp genus Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970 associated with caryophyllid coral Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) in Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam.
abstract: Hamopontonia nhatrangensis sp. nov. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) is described from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam, in association with caryophyllid coral Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, Caryophyllidae). The new species clearly differs from congeners by morphological features, distinctive coloration and ecologically. Renewed differential key to all known species of the genus Hamopontonia Bruce, 1970 is provided.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, Moscow, Russia.; Email: coralliodecapoda@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marin
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D033541:Palaemonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology