Pandaloid Shrimps From The Northern South China Sea, With Description Of A New Species Of Plesionika (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) Author Li, Xinzheng Author Komai, Tomoyuki text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2003 51 2 257 275 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13229438 2345-7600 13229438 Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914 Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914: 33 , figs. 16-22 [ type locality: Sagami Bay, Japan ]; De Man, 1920: 110 , 180, pl. 15, fig. 45, 45a; Hayashi & Miyake, 1968: 12, figs. 1a-c, 4 a; Chace, 1985: 11 ; Hayashi, 1986: 114 , 115, 266, fig. 72; Wang, 1987: 49 ; Liu & Zhong, 1994: 559. Material examined. – 1 male (cl 4.2 mm ), 1 female (cl 4.5 mm ) ( IOCAS ), CN X142 B-18, Beibu Bay , 18 30’N , 108 30’E , 29 m , sandy mud, AT, coll. F. Sun , 6 Jan.1962 ; 1 male (cl 4.2 mm ) ( IOCAS ), CN N220 B-57, 18 15’N , 108 45’E , 38 m , sand and shells, AT, coll. J. Liu , 16 May.1960 ; 1 female (cl 4.2 mm ) ( IOCAS ), CN 18-43 , 17 30’N , 109 00’E , 91 m , sandy mud, AT, coll. J. Liu , 30 Jan.1959 ; 2 females (cl 3.5, 3.8 mm ), 1 ovig. female (cl 3.9 mm ) ( IOCAS ), CN X224 B-65B, Beibu Bay , 18 30’N , 108 30’E , 26 m , sand, AT, 16 Aug.1962 ; 1 ovig. female (cl 5.2 mm ) ( IOCAS ), CN N183 B-58, 20 15’N , 110 45’E , 55 m , sand, AT, coll. Wang , 9 Apr.1960 . Distribution. – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Singapore , Indonesia , Philippines , East and South China Seas, Japan ; littoral to 91 m . Remarks. – The present specimens from Chinese waters fit the previous accounts of Chlorotocella gracilis (cf. De Man 1920 , Hayashi & Miyake 1968, Chace 1985 ) and agree with the comparative material from Japan . Other than C. gracilis , two nominal taxa known from Australia , Pandalus leptorhynchus Stimpson, 1860 , and Parapandalus leptorhynchus gibber Hale, 1924 , are referable to Chlorotocella as they possess the following generic features: the rostrum bears only one fixed dorsal tooth arising somewhat anterior to the orbital margin; a supraorbital spine is present; the suborbital lobe is well developed, longer than the antennal spine; the fourth and fifth abdominal somites are each armed with posterolateral tooth; and the carpus of the second pereopods consists of three articles (see Hale, 1927 ). However, the relationships of these three taxa are still not clear.