An overview of the genus Plesionika Bate, 1888 (Decapoda, Caridea, Pandalidae) in Asian waters
Author
Ahamed, Ferdous
Author
Cardoso, Irene A.
Author
Ahmed, Zoarder F.
Author
Hossain, Md. Y.
Author
Ohtomi, Jun
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
37273
10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6
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P. binoculus
(Bate, 1988)
Description.
Rostrum somewhat curved dorsally, distinctly overreaching antennal scale, armed dorsally with 12 irregularly spaced teeth, including four on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin, four posteriormost teeth basally articulated but none with barbed tips, ventral margin of rostrum armed with 13 teeth; 3rd maxilliped bearing hooked epipods with penultimate segment 0.60 times as long as ultimate segment; 2nd pereopods greatly unequal, shorter (right) one with 30 carpal articles, longer (left) one with about 110 carpal articles (
Li & Komai 2003
).
istribution.
Arafura Sea and
South
China
Sea; at depths of
90–140 m
(
Chace 1985
;
Li & Komai 2003
).