Plesionika ortmanni, Doflein, 1902

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 : 586

P. ortmanni Doflein, 1902

Description. Rostrum rather curving dorsally, 1.5–1.6 times as long as carapace, dorsal margin with 17–18 teeth including 3–4 on carapace, all teeth with partial or complete basal sutures, ventral margin with 6–9 teeth; abdomen without carina or projection dorsally, pleuron of fifth somite with posteroventral tooth, sixth somite 1.5 times as long as maximum height; eye subpyriform, maximum diameter barely 0.2 carapace length; 3rd maxilliped overreaching distal margin of antennal scale by entire ultimate segment and anterior 0.2 of penultimate segment, with epipod, penultimate segment 1.4 as long as ultimate segment; 2nd pereopods subequal with prominent epipod, not extremely slender or thread-like, bearing 28–33 carpal articles ( Kim et al. 2012).

Distribution. Korea, Japan, East and South China Seas, Philippines and Indonesia; at depths of 29–400 m ( Kim et al. 2012).