Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Plesionika

Plesionika rubrior Chan & Crosnier, 1991

2 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
French Polynesia only (Austral, Society, Marquesas, Tuamotu)

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 120-350 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
? Plesionika pacifica - Manach & Carsin, 1985: 473 (Moruroa and/or Fangataufa). - Crosnier, 1986a: 362 - Both, ? not P. pacifica Edmonson, 1952 = P. rubrior (Cf. remark). - Plesionika sp. nov. 3 - Poupin et al., 1990: 16 (French Polynesia). - Plesionika rubrior Chan & Crosnier, 1991: 433, fig. 7a-f, 25-28 (Syn.; Maiao, Moruroa, Nihuru, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tahiti, Takapoto, Tenarunga; 120-350m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996b: 12, pl. 5b (Same material); 1998: 29 (Checklist). - Remark: Plesionika pacifica is mentioned from a lost specimen, caught around Moruroa (Manac'h & Carsin, 1985; Crosnier, 1986a). In fact, the most probable identity for this material would be P. rubrior. - New localities from photographs (det. T.Y. Chan), Marquesas, coll. Frv Marara stn 300, Tahuata Island, trap 190 m, stn 288, Ua Pou, trap 120 m.

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