Neopontonides beaufortensis (Borradaile, 1920)

Neopontonides beaufortensis — Criales 1980: 74 (Curaçao).

Ecology. Associated with octocorals of the genus Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck, 1815), and Eunicea tourneforti Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Williams 1984).

Distribution. Known from scattered localities in the tropical western Atlantic from North Carolina to Antigua and St. Lucia and Los Roques, Venezuela, and Curaçao; occuring in depths between 0 and 10 m (Chace 1972; Williams 1984; De Grave & Anker 2017; Poupin 2018).