Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Plesionika

Plesionika fenneri Crosnier, 1986



World Distribution
Chan & Crosnier (1997); Burukovsky (1990) - French Polynesia; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04'-25°33' S - 89°12'-97°26' W - Deep (260-820 m)

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 470-700 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Heterocarpus fenneri - Burukovsky, 1990: 199 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°04'-25°33' S - 89°12'-97°26' W; 500-700 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 162, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges). - Plesionika fenneri - Chan & Crosnier, 1997: 196 (Synonymy and distribution). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Plesionika chacei Crosnier, 1986a: 363, fig. 1a-b, 2a-h (Moruroa, Tubuai; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Plesionika fenneri Crosnier, 1986b: 691 (new name for P. chacei). - Poupin, 1988: 28, fig. 2, 4-6 (Moruroa); 1996b: 10, pl. 4b (Fangataufa, Moruroa, Rapa, Tubuai; Marquesas & Society; 260-820m); Poupin, 1998: 28 (Checklist). - Poupin et al., 1990: 16, 29, fig. 5-8, pl. 1a (French Polynesia). - Poupin & Richer de Forges, 1991: 211 (French Polynesia). - Chan &Crosnier, 1997: 196, fig. 4, 26-27 (Gambier, Maria, Rurutu; 470-660m). - Plesionika aff. trispinus (sic) - Poupin et al., 1990: 16 ("French Polynesia"; exact location, not indicated, is Maria, 680m) - Not P. trispinosus Squires & Barraguan, 1976 = P. fenneri juvenile fide Chan & Crosnier (1997: 196).
Plesionika fenneri - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3401, 789-831 m, Makatea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-4492
Plesionika fenneri - Liao et al., 2019, Molecular Evolution, tab. 1, NTOU M02180, French Polynesia

Comment(s) on data
This is a sibling species of Plesionika laevis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) in Western Atlantic. These species should probably be integrated in the new genus Heteronika Hendrickx, 2019 [with Heteronika nesisi (Burukovsky, 1986), H. alexandri (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883), H. unicarinatus (Borradaile, 1915)]. See comments under Heteronika nesisi.

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This species in Worms Database