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 4221 5 575 593 journal article 37273 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6 8dbacfc5-545a-4203-a5fb-1c309c9b2dbe 1175-5326 253575 1CB61A37-23C5-4041-AB51-0EA76E62770F 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 ).