Pontoporeia femorata
| Pontoporeia femorata | |
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| Pontoporeia femorata (top). Former Pontoporeia affinis (bottom) is now Monoporeia affinis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Pontoporeiidae |
| Genus: | Pontoporeia Krøyer, 1842 |
| Species: | P. femorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pontoporeia femorata Krøyer, 1842
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Pontoporeia is a monotypic genus of amphipods in the family Pontoporeiidae. The sole species is Pontoporeia femorata. Other species formerly assigned to this genus are now classified under Monoporeia and Diporeia. However, as currently delimited, Pontoporeia femorata might be a species complex.