Plesionika brevirostris, Bate, 1888

Ahamed, Ferdous, Cardoso, Irene A., Ahmed, Zoarder F., Hossain, Md. Y. & Ohtomi, Jun, 2017, An overview of the genus Plesionika Bate, 1888 (Decapoda, Caridea, Pandalidae) in Asian waters, Zootaxa 4221 (5), pp. 575-593 : 581

P. brevirostris Bate, 1888

Description. Rostrum reaching level of distal end of antennal scale, armed dorsally with 6 teeth on dorsal crest, including 2 on carapace posterior to or in line with orbital margin, and obscure serrations near tip of rostrum, none of teeth movable or with barbed tips, armed ventrally with about 10 obscure serrations near apex; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye apparently quite broad, about one-fourth carapace length, ocellus not expanded beyond juncture with cornea; 3rd maxilliped with penultimate segment nearly 9/10 as long as terminal one; 2nd pereopods subequal and not extremely slender or thread-like ( Chace 1985).

Distribution. Western central Pacific: between Philippines and Borneo at depths of 457 m ( Chace 1985).