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Plesionika yui Chan & Crosnier 1991

Description

P. yui Chan & Crosnier, 1991

Description. Rostrum directed somewhat dorsad, 0.95–1.85 times as long as carapace and armed with 26–45 dorsal teeth and 18–40 ventral teeth, posterior 10 ventral teeth corresponding to 4–8 dorsal teeth; 3rd maxilliped with rudimentary epipod, penultimate segment 1.4–1.6 times longer than terminal segment, two segments combined slightly longer than carapace; 2nd pereiopods subequal with 21–38 carpal articles (Chan & Crosnier 1991).

Distribution. Known only from Taiwan at depths of 130 m (Chan & Crosnier 1991).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 575-593 in Zootaxa 4221 (5) on page 590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/253575

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pandalidae
Genus
Plesionika
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chan & Crosnier
Species
yui
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Plesionika yui Chan, 1991 sec. Ahamed, Cardoso, Ahmed, Hossain & Ohtomi, 2017

References

  • Chan, T. Y. & Crosnier, A. (1991). Crustacea Decapoda: studies of the Plesionika narval (Fabricius, 1787) group (Pandalidae) with description of six new species. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats Des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 9. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (A) 152, 413 - 461.