Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Plesionika

Plesionika reflexa Chace, 1985


Distribution : (Fransen, 2006: 78) - Indo-West Pacific: known with certainty only from the South China Sea and the Philippine and Indonesian localities cited in Chace (1985). Plus Gulf of Aden. Depth 315-494 m

Selected Reference(s)
Plesionika reflexa. - Crosnier, A., 1986a: 362. - French Polynesia
Plesionika reflexa. - Poupin, J., 1996b: 12, pl. 5a. - French Polynesia
Plesionika reflexa. - Chan, T. Y. and Crosnier, A., 1997: 194, fig. 3, 24. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Austral (Rimatara, Tubuai); Gambier; Marquesas (Fatu Hiva); Society; Tuamotu (Moruroa, Tureia) - Marine; Deep (360-910m; mostly 550-700m); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Plesionika reflexa - Crosnier, 1986a: 362 (Tubuai; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996b: 12, pl. 5a (Gambier, Fatu Hiva, Moruroa, Rimatara, Tubuai, Tureia; Society; 360-910m); 1998: 29 (Checklist). - Chan & Crosnier, 1997: 194, fig. 3, 24 (Fatu Hiva, Maria, Moruroa, Rimatara, Tubuai, Tureia; 430-800m). - Plesionika ensis - Poupin et al., 1990: 16, 64, fig. 5-7, 14, pl. 1h (French Polynesia). - Plesionika aff. ensis. - Poupin, 1988: 28, fig. 2 (Moruroa) - Both, not P. ensis A. Milne Edwards, 1881 = P. reflexa Chace, 1985. - Remark: Plesionika ensis is a sibling species of P. reflexa. It would be present in the Marquesas, according to det. on unpublished specimens (see P. ensis).

Depth distribution: 550 - 700 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/