Plesionika intermedia, 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 : 584

P. intermedia Chace, 1985

Description. Rostrum far overreaching antennal scale, armed dorsally on basal crest with 6 or 7 teeth, including 3 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin, 1 or more posteriormost teeth with faint, incomplete basal sutures but none movable or with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 34–43 teeth; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal carina on 3rd somite; eye considerably broader than long, maximum diameter fully 1/5 carapace length, ocellus represented by tapering, subtruncate lobe, broadening rather than constricted at base; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment nearly 1.2 times as long as terminal segment; 2nd pereopods subequal with 19 or 20 carpal articles ( Chace 1985). Distribution. Known only from the Philippines at depths of 472–574 m ( Chace 1985).