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. reflexa
Chace, 1985
Description.
Rostrum far overreaching antennal scale, usually armed dorsally with 6–8 teeth, including 2 or 3 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin and 1 subapical tooth, otherwise without dorsal teeth anterior to level of distal end of antennular peduncle, posteriormost tooth usually with indistinct basal suture but none with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 26–48 teeth; abdomen with strong, frequently recurved posteromesial tooth but without median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye very broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter nearly 1/3 carapace length,
ocellus Ungulate
, not constricted at juncture with cornea; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment about 9/10 as long as terminal segment; 2nd pereopods subequal with well-developed epipod, bearing 15–26 carpal articles (
Chace 1985
).
Distribution.
Indo west Pacific,
South
China
Sea,
Eastern
China
Sea,
Indonesia
and Philippine; at depths of
315–494 m
(
Chace 1985
).