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 Plesionika assimilis De Man, 1917 Description. Rostrum overreaching antennal scale, it is armed dorsally with 5–7 teeth on basal crest, including 4 or 5 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin, and 3 or 4 subapical teeth, 4 or 5 posterior most teeth with distinct basal sutures but none with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 10–12 teeth; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter about l/4 carapace length, ocellus longitudinally oval, constricted at juncture with cornea; 3rd maxilliped with penultimate segment about 7/10 as long as terminal one; 2nd pereopods unequal with epipod and extremely slender or thread-like ( Chace 1985 ) Distribution. Known only from Indonesia at depths of 54–90 m ( Chace 1985 )