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. fimbriata
Chace, 1985
Description.
Rostrum far overreaching antennal scale, armed dorsally throughout length with 11–14 teeth, including 3 or 4 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin, 2–4 posteriormost teeth with distinct basal sutures but none with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 5–8 teeth; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter about one-fourth carapace length,
ocellus
large, subcircular, in broad contact with cornea; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment 1.2–1.5 times as long as terminal segment; 2nd peropods subequal with epipod, bearing 18–30 carpal articles (
Chace 1985
).
Distribution.
Known only from the
Philippines
at depths of
95–250 m
(
Chace 1985
).