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Family: Pontoporeiidae (See list of species below)

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20 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Amphiporeia lawrenciana []	No picture found Amphiporeia virginiana []	No picture found Bathyporeia elegans []
No picture found Bathyporeia gracilis []	No picture found Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana []	No picture found Bathyporeia leucophthalma []
No picture found Bathyporeia nana []	No picture found Bathyporeia parkeri []	No picture found Bathyporeia pelagica []
No picture found Bathyporeia pilosa [Sand digger shrimp]	No picture found Bathyporeia pseudopelagica []	No picture found Bathyporeia quoddyensis []
No picture found Bathyporeia sarsi []	No picture found Bathyporeia sunnivae []	No picture found Bathyporeia tenuipes []
No picture found Monoporeia affinis []	No picture found Pontoporeia affinis []	No picture found Pontoporeia femorata []
No picture found Priscillina armata []	No picture found Zaramilla kergueleni []

20 Species of Family Pontoporeiidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amphiporeia lawrenciana		Canada.
Amphiporeia virginiana		Canada.
Bathyporeia elegans		Northeast Atlantic.	0.6 TL
Bathyporeia gracilis		Northeast Atlantic
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana		Northeast Atlantic, Medit	0.8 TL
Bathyporeia leucophthalma		Mediterranean
Bathyporeia nana		Northeast Atlantic
Bathyporeia parkeri		Western Central Atlantic
Bathyporeia pelagica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bathyporeia pilosa	Sand digger shrimp	Northeast Atlantic
Bathyporeia pseudopelagica		Mediterranean
Bathyporeia quoddyensis		Western Central Atlantic
Bathyporeia sarsi		Northeast Atlantic.	0.7 BL
Bathyporeia sunnivae		Mediterranean
Bathyporeia tenuipes		Northeast Atlantic
Monoporeia affinis		Northeast Atlantic
Pontoporeia affinis		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Pontoporeia femorata		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Priscillina armata		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Zaramilla kergueleni		Southern Ocean

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