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
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Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6
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P. quasigrandis
Chace, 1985
Description.
Rostrum 1.1–1.5 times as long as carapace, densely armed with abutting fixed teeth along almost entire dorsal and ventral margins, bearing 38–53 dorsal (including 4–7 teeth on carapace) and 31–44 ventral teeth; posterior 10 ventral teeth corresponding to 5.5–8 dorsal teeth; abdomen with 3rd somite posteriorly unarmed, without median dorsal carina; eye with cornea wider than long and with distinct
ocellus
; 3rd maxilliped without epipod, overreaching scaphocerite by terminal segment and little penultimate segment, penultimate segment 1.2– 1.4 times as long as terminal segment, 2 segments combined more or less as long as carapace; 2nd pereiopods subequal without epipods, bearing 21–22 carpal articles (
Chakraborty
et al.
2015
).
Distribution.
Indo-West Pacific from
Japan
to the
Philippines
,
Indonesia
,
India
and Gulf of Aden; at depths of
164–501 m
(
Chakraborty
et al.
2015
).