Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Plesionika
| Plesionika acanthonotus (Smith, 1882) |
World Distribution
Poupin (1994, Etudes & Thèses) - Atlantic. United States to Brazil. Spain to Angola. Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique). 190-1350 m.
Felder et al. (2009) - 329-1353 m. SCar–GMx, Carib–Brazil, E Atl, Med.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 190-1353 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: South Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to Brazil, eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea. Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Martinique). 190-1353 m. ATL
Plesionika acanthonotus - Paulmier, 1993: 17, Martinique [Trap 300 m]. - Poupin, 1994: 22, Guadeloupe [R/V Polka, 500-600 m, det. A. Crosnier, with hesitation because some characters are those of the sibling species, Plesionika geniculatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) (MNHN)].
Plesionika geniculatus/acanthonothus - Guadeloupe, Karubenthos II 2015, field det. J. Poupin, st. CP4618, 25 June 2015, 16°22.74'N, 60°45.86'W, 780-828 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19094; st. CP4643, 28 June 2015, 15°44.98'N, 61°11.07'W, 609-611 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19163.
Comment: rostrum of Karubenthos specimens match well Pandalus geniculatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1883 (pl. 25). Currently Plesionika geniculatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) is considered as a synonym of Plesionika acanthonotus (Smith, 1882) but Crosnier (in Poupin, 1994: 23) has indicated that specimens from Guadeloupe differ from P. acanthonotus in several aspect and are more closely related to P. geniculatus. Additionnal specimens collected during Karubenthos should perhaps be useful to re-instate P. geniculatus reported from Guadeloupe (600 m) and also Portugual (1350 m) (Udekem d'Acoz, 1999: 129).
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Plesionika acanthonotus – Bullis & Thompson, 1965: 8, Brazil Amapá [R/V Oregon, st. 2081, 1°52' N, 46°54' W, 175 fathoms, 320 m]. — Takeda, 1983: 61, Suriname, French Guiana [630–650 m]. — Guéguen, 2000: 692, tab. 1, French Guiana [Continental shelf, 456-666 m]. — Ramos-Porto et al., 2000: 78, Brazil Amapá [REVIZEE Program, North Brazil, R/V Almirante Paulo Moreira, cruise II-III, Amapá, two stations, 330–368 m]. — Ramos-Porto et al., 2003: 91, Brazil Amapá [R/V Almirante Paulo Moreira, 04°07’N, 049°21’W, 06/10/1996, 312 m; 03°45’N, 050°10’W, 05/10/1996, 75 m; 03°50’N, 048°51’W), 15/11/1996, 356 m; 04°09’N, 049°22’W, 31/03/1998, 421 m; 04°49’N, 50°14’W, 30/11/2000, 270 m; 75–421 m]. — Coelho et al., 2006: tab. 3, Brazil Amapá. — Corbari et al., 2015: 165–167, unnumbered tab., French Guiana [R/V Hermano Gines, July–October 2014, 30–800 m]. — Silva et al., 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – ATL-MED; Marine; 75–1353 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database