Distribution : Marin (2007: 17) - Indo-West Pacific: southern Red Sea (type locality), Kenya, Marquesas Islands (Bruce, 2005), herewith reported for first time from Vietnam.
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Tahuata) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral obligate associate (Anthipataria).
Regional Records: Pontonides unciger - Monod, 1979: 10, fig. 9-35 (Tahuata; associated with a coral Anthipataria). - Poupin, 1998: 17 (Checklist). According to Marin (2007) all records of P. unciger from FP should be checked as they could belong to P. ankeri.
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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