Plesionika acinacifer Chace, 1985

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Plesionika acinacifer Chace, 1985

Description. Rostrum typically falling short of or slightly overreaching level of distal end of antennal scale, armed dorsally with 5 teeth on basal crest, including 3 movable spines on carapace at or posterior to level of orbital margin, dorsal teeth absent from more than anterior half of rostrum and none of teeth with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 7–13 closely appressed serrations becoming obscure anteriorly; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye subpyriform, maximum diameter slightly more than one-fifth of carapace length, without true ocellus ; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment subequal to terminal segment; 2nd pereopods subequal with epipod, bearing 27–30 carpal articles ( Chace 1985).

Distribution. Philippine and Malaysia; at depths of 518–790 m ( Chace 1985).