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
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Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6
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P. intermedia
Chace, 1985
Description.
Rostrum far overreaching antennal scale, armed dorsally on basal crest with 6 or 7 teeth, including 3 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin, 1 or more posteriormost teeth with faint, incomplete basal sutures but none movable or with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 34–43 teeth; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye considerably broader than long, maximum diameter fully 1/5 carapace length,
ocellus
represented by tapering, subtruncate lobe, broadening rather than constricted at base; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment nearly 1.2 times as long as terminal segment; 2nd pereopods subequal with 19 or 20 carpal articles (
Chace 1985
).
Distribution.
Known only from the
Philippines
at depths of
472–574 m
(
Chace 1985
).