Pandalus lophotes, Chace, 1985

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 : 585

P. lophotes Chace, 1985

Description. Rostrum remarkably curving dorsally, 1.5 times as long as carapace, dorsal margin with 14 teeth including 5–6 on carapace, all teeth on carapace with distinct basal sutures and movable, ventral margin with 13– 18 teeth; abdomen smooth and rounded dorsally, pleura of fourth and fifth somites with small marginal tooth posteriorly sixth somite 1.5 times as long as maximum height; eye broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter about 0.2 carapace length; 3rd maxilliped overreaching distal margin of antennal scale by half of ultimate segment, with epipod, penultimate segment about 0.7 as long as ultimate segment; 2nd pereopods unequal with epipods, not extremely slender or thread-like, left overreaching antennal scale by distal 3 segment and anterior 0.3 of merus, with 147 carpal articles, right overreaching antennal scale by entire chela and anterior 0.7 of carpus, with 40 carpal articles ( Kim et al. 2012).

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Korea, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam and southern Arabia; at depths of 105– 329 m ( Kim et al. 2012).